tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24992533857298649012009-04-29T10:08:24.250-04:00This site supports and campaigned for <b>DONNA FLAYHAN, LAURIE OSMOND, RALPH LEGNINI and ANN McGILLICUDDY,</b> candidates in the May 20 election for Trustees of the Onteora Central School District, in Ulster County, NY. Thanks to your support, the four candidates were elected in a phenomenal outpouring of cross-district enthusiasm. This site will continue to offer news about the election campaign and the issues on hand.Save Our Onteora Schoolsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2499253385729864901.post-21727484829670742052008-06-14T10:09:00.003-04:002008-06-14T10:18:27.478-04:00

The final vote count was released by the Onteora School District on June 3. Turns out there were quite a few additional votes for our candidates, giving them an even larger percentage of the vote than initially reported. A pdf file with the full breakdown of votes, including affidavits and absentee ballots, town by town, for every candidate and every proposition, is available at the district web

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This week's Woodstock Times editorial addresses the Commission on Property Tax Relief's recommendation that local school taxes could be capped at either 4 percent or 120 percent of inflation, whichever is less. Brian Hollander writes:Cap the property tax increases for school districts at 4 percent? No more votes for it? Those are among the centerpieces of a plan to deal with education funding

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Friday's Daily Freeman reported:An Onteora High School junior is on a roll with his film.Robin Richardson will watch his short animation chosen for the Reel Teens Film Festival, which starts today in Hunter. Then, in November, he will leave for the Youth, Film and Video Festival in Barcelona, Spain, where another of his works - the audience favorite in the animation category last year at Reel

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Join us as we thank everyone for their efforts in the recent Onteora School Board election, with a potluck barbeque and picnic.Hosts: Ralph, Donna, Ann, Laurie and Campaign TeamLocation: Kenneth Wilson State Park and Campground859 Wittenberg Road, Mount Tremper, Ny 12457 UsView Map |When: Saturday, June 7, 4:00pmCampground Phone: 845-679-6302See you on Saturday, from 4-7!Do

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The Phoenicia Times/Olive Press has a brief report about the June 3 board meeting at the end of a longer piece on the restructuring of the School Board. You can read Lisa Childers' full report here:

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This letter by local teacher Donna Bryan appeared in last week's Woodstock Times as a full-page "Point of View." It has now been printed in the current Phoenicia Times/Olive Press and can be accessed online. We hope you can take the time to read it Dear Editor,I follow the comings and goings of our school district not only as a member of the community but also as an educator. I had intended to

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We took the State Park Rangers' advice that this afternoon's weathermay turn dangerous, and have postponed the Community Celebration tonext Saturday, June 7. Same time, same place: Kenneth Wilson StatePark, Wittenberg Rd, Mt Tremper, 4-7pm. We'll send out anotherreminder during the week. The celebration is open to everyone: ifyou'd like to be on the Evite list to see who else is coming and

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Newly elected Onteora district school board members, Donna Flayhan, Ralph Legnini, Ann McGillicuddy and Laurie Osmond are gearing up for immediate changes as promised during their campaign, while tackling all of July's business.Read the rest of the Woodstock Times story here.

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All the electees were invited to participate in the Woodstock Memorial Day Parade. Laurie Osmond and Donna Flayhan were available to do so on behalf of all four.The Onteora High School Marching Band also participated in the Parade.

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The Woodstock Times has a cover story on the election, by Lisa Childers, as follows: Ralph Legnini, Donna Flayhan, Ann McGillicuddy and Laurie Osmond, the block of four candidates who ran on a platform to put a moratorium on the Onteora Central School District's Grade 5-8 middle school proposal and pledged to keep the currently operating elementary schools open, secured a landslide victory over

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The new editions of the Phoenica Times and Olive Press are out and about with the following story, written by Paul Smart. You can read it in more detail online here or here."Just as recent elections have been decided by late-arriving vote numbers coming in from Olive and Marbletown voters at the Bennett School, the pendulum-like sweep victory of four challengers to incumbent Onteora board members

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The day after New York State voters went to the polls to approve school budgets and elect board members, WAMC turned its regular afternoon Vox Pop show over to a call-in with Tim Kremer , Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association). Calls came in from across the full spectrum of concerns, including many of the issues that were discussed during the Onteora School

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The following story was in Wednesday's edition of the Daily Freeman. You can read it here.A plan to add fifth and sixth grades to Onteora Middle School and close a district elementary school is expected to be halted by a new Board of Education majority that was swept into office Tuesday.Winning candidates for three three-year seats were Ralph Legnini with 2,460 votes, Donna Flayhan with 2,379,

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WAMC ran a short story Wednesday about the budget/election results around the area. They interviewed Ann McGillicuddy. You can hear the story by clicking here.

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Here are the votes as cast by town. They are in the order of ballot names, the numbers in brackets refer to that person's final polling position SH is Shandaken, WH is West Hurley. Please note that this remains the unofficial vote count. Affadavit votes have yet to be counted, and the final vote will be ratified at the next Board Meeting, Tuesday June 3. That Board Meeting will be at the

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Budget: Approved, 2,468-1,165Vehicles proposition: Approved, 2,063-1,529Capital reserve proposition: Approved, 2,062-1,457Child safety zone proposition: Approved, 2,642-964We will publish town-by-town break-downs on everything later on today. In the meantime, you should be able to make them out on the blackboard photos below.

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The results are in, and the tallies are as follows:Adam Pollack 739Donna Flayhan 2379Laurie Osmond 2267Ralph Legnini 2460Ann McGillicuddy 2294Mary Jane Bernholz 1384Cindy O'Connor 1446Rita Vanacore 1301Laurie Osmond is being sworn in at this moment, to take the seat that Herb Rosenfeld resigned from. Donna Flayhan, Ralph Legnini and Ann McGillicuddy will all be taking their seats on July 1.All

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Candidates and children getting out the vote in Phoenicia this afternoon.

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We are at a critical juncture in the future of the Onteora Central School District, and unless voters in all the communities respond on Election Day, May 20th, our children, taxpayers and communities will suffer a terrible and irreversible body blow.The Board of Education incumbents, if re-elected, will saddle the district with an $70-86 million bond, and embark on the largest, most expensive

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We’ve been asked by many people how we recommend they vote on the Budget and various propositions that are also on Tuesday’s ballot.We suggest voting FOR the Budget, which comes with a promise – but not a guarantee – of a 0% tax levy increase. The current School Board was fortunate to have several teachers retire this year, and had a late increase in State Aid; the Board decided to pass these

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THE HARD FACTSThere are almost 12,000 registered voters in the Onteora Central School District. When elected in 2005, the three incumbents averaged less than 2,000 votes each - barely one-sixth of the eligible vote!BUT… In 2005, when the three incumbents were elected on the back of a Large Parcel protest from Olive voters, Woodstock turn-out was only 25%, Shandaken turn-out was 33% - and Olive

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