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Spring Valley, NY - East Ramapo Board OK's Austerity Budget with Over 10% Tax Raise |
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May 28, 2008 at 10:43 PM
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Spring Valley, NY - The East Ramapo Board of Education tonight narrowly approved an austerity budget slightly less than one defeated May 20 by voters after nearly two hours of heated pleas from a standing-room-only audience.
The new $192.7 million spending plan is $721,000 less than the one voters rejected by a 3-to-1 ratio because it raised taxes more than 11 percent, as was reported here by VIN News. The new budget will raise taxes about 10.3 percent.
Schools Superintendent Ira Oustatcher vowed to keep future tax increases and future budget-to-budget increases close to the 3 percent to 5 percent mark.
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May 28, 2008 at 11:49 PM Anonymous Says:
so we from the NPS will pay again for the improvements needed for the PS students
very sad
o the NPS will get maybe a new school bus
or a computer for the knockers
so they keep quiet & support there future incresess
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May 29, 2008 at 12:17 AM anonymous Says:
What was the point of the vote?
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May 29, 2008 at 12:21 AM ElMonsey Says:
I can believe what the board does, did't they get the message 3 to 1 for NO, do we have to vote again?
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May 29, 2008 at 12:24 AM Angry Taxpayer Says:
austerity budget? a 10.3 increase I think it is too much, how about you, Let get out in the massesand and vote NO, the result should be 4 to 1.
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May 29, 2008 at 01:05 AM Milech Says:
We are angry, and I hope the oilem will go out again in massive vote "No" campaign and defeat these animals once and for all
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May 29, 2008 at 01:06 AM Lipa Says:
how about making a BigEvent for Voting NO with all Rabunim recomendation?
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May 29, 2008 at 01:12 AM Yacov Says:
Stupid idea never say somthing like this mr. Eiza Toivah
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May 29, 2008 at 01:14 AM KJ Says:
the best idea is to form a school district like in Monroe, or like florida retirement communites without schools.
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May 29, 2008 at 02:58 AM Matzahlocal101 Says:
It is absurd that Ramapo, with it's evershrinking public school enrollment gets a whopping 10% increase. The district is horribly mismanaged. Neighboring Clarkstown can educate students for $8700 each and East Ramapo has to do it for almost each. The private school gets about 10% of the overall budget for busing. I believe lunches are a federal program. Why are we paying through the nose? If East Ramapo would dissolve itself and hand over managment to Clarkstown we would save over $40 million dollars.
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May 29, 2008 at 02:59 AM Matzahlocal101 Says:
Sorry- left out: East Ramapo has to do it for almost $12,000 a student.
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May 29, 2008 at 03:00 AM Anonymous Says:
my friends
there is no other vote coming
this is it.
no vote needed for an austerity budget
will just be paying for the .. to have nice play grounds & ..
yes will also get something
a byndle tzguforfin
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May 29, 2008 at 06:39 AM moshe mulva Says:
I'm a bissel farklempt....When we vote for goyim, the tax goes up, we vote for yidden on the board, the tax goes up....perhaps next time we vote the Mongolians on the board.
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May 29, 2008 at 07:56 AM Zelig Says:
In the 5Towns after 25 years of fighting all the memebers of Dist 15 are parents/grandparents of non public school students. 2 school buildings have been closed and the overall financial condition of the district has improved
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May 29, 2008 at 08:29 AM Anonymous Says:
Absolutely shameful! Voters said no to increases and they still insist on an increase. Why bother having a vote? The budget is so bloated and huge. They can propose austerity every year and get 10% more than last and fleece the taxpayer over and over. That 10% will only grow yearly as the budget grows. Austerity grows with the budget. The only ones who will be able to afford live in Rockland will be the schools and tax exempt properties.
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May 29, 2008 at 08:38 AM Anonymous Says:
Hey 05-29-2008 - 8:29 AM I guess it's sort of like when the public tells the Ramapo ZBA to not allow development not in keeping with the Zoning code and they allow it anyway.
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May 29, 2008 at 09:01 AM Anonymous Says:
its not done guys
thewres a finkelstein public library budget vote coming up soon,
this is a shame down from 11% were going to pay 10.3% / and when is there a public vote for budget and y not now?????
we should start utilizing every inch of these PS for every affair and suck out every taxpayer dollor thats possible , we own these buildings with our tax dollors.
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May 29, 2008 at 09:05 AM Anonymous Says:
additionly: we should pack the hallways of every school board meeting and not raise our concerns but shout them out loudly, its time to stop these money sucking program
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May 29, 2008 at 09:17 AM Anonymous Says:
This is from LUACH.COM -help wanted section:
East Ramapo Budget and School Board the non-public school community need to stay abreast of developments that affect our taxes. I am compiling an e-mail distribution list that will reach all shuls in our community. Pls e-mail a contact name (or your distribution list to me ) who will disseminate infomation to the shuls membership. pls include name of shul. send to wied... (posted 5/28) Send to a friend
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May 29, 2008 at 09:25 AM Rockland Tax Payer Says:
Please be aware the the new board members, atleast to my knowledge, did not have a chance to be part of the increase, they will only start working in the next few months so for the next budget they will be "able" to help us, and yes its a shame that they rip us each and every year without any rachmunis, we hope and pray that they should disolve and we should only pay our fair share and get back services for our money
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May 29, 2008 at 09:36 AM Anonymous Says:
this is the e-mail for the board
flood it with your comments
boardofed@ercsd.k12.ny.u
This is from their web page.
Your Board's Responsibilities
East Ramapo is governed by a Board of Education composed of nine members elected by the community, each for a term of three years. As a legal arm of the government of the State of New York, the board is responsible for:
selecting a Superintendent of Schools
adopting goals and objectives
establishing policies for the operation of the district
providing and promoting a budget
levying taxes
setting educational policy
approving the appointment of all school district personnel and contracts
meeting all requirements of state education law.
Despite the hundreds of hours annually that they spend at regular meetings, study sessions, workshops, public hearings, special school functions, on "homework" and other education-related activities, school board trustees receive no salary or benefits for the extraordinary service that they provide to the entire East Ramapo community.
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May 29, 2008 at 10:15 AM Joe Says:
You are right, the new members are not sworn in yet, and they did not vote on the current budget. I would like to know the breakdown of the vote, who voted for the budget and who voted against?
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May 29, 2008 at 10:21 AM Anonymous Says:
Dr. Resnick & Akiva Feinsod have some explaining to do!!
They were mandated by us, why the deviation?
It would be apparent that they are MOISRIM (moisrei momoin yisroel), unless they have an acceptable rationale of course (or should I say off course).
We have survived other bloodsuckers before and you can join them!!!!
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May 29, 2008 at 10:33 AM Anonymous Says:
Lets start the the E-MAIL drive.
we are capable of doing it, and lets be heard and felt.
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May 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM Anonymous Says:
Problem is budget is going up by about 4%, but taxes by 10%. This has something to do with previous year that had some savings and taxes did not go up that much.
The solution has to be to close schools and stop the waste!!
3 years ago the NPS running said they found waste and mistakes in the budget. Yet, we are going up and up every year. It is all bull. They need to spend less per child. Many dont want to say anything and lose money to NPS.
This has to end. Who can afford to pay this crap?
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May 29, 2008 at 12:00 PM Anonymous Says:
wow lets watch our language people. Venting here is a waste of time. We had to vote out rothschild, which we didn't. We have to tell the people who run the yeshivas here to stop sticking up for these people just because they give you computers and money for torah umesorah conventions and other vacations.
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May 29, 2008 at 01:15 PM Shmek Tabik Says:
$192 Million! WOW what a number. How many kids for each million? They should privatize the school system, and you'll see better schools for a shmek tabik.
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May 29, 2008 at 01:18 PM Anonymous Says:
look at the budget and see who gets more money. Who is telling the new candidates what to do?
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May 29, 2008 at 01:44 PM Anonymous Says:
People! Wake Up! Time to take action!
We are sick and tired of this nonsense!
It happens all the time.
We vote NO and before you know it they redo it and raise it anyhow under a different name.
Mind Boggling!
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May 29, 2008 at 02:47 PM Anonymous Says:
You can also e-mail IOustatcher@ercsd.k12.ny.us who is the on the board!
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May 29, 2008 at 03:19 PM Anonymous Says:
to: 05-29-2008 - 9:36 AM
The email address "boardofed@ercsd.k12.ny.u" is not working.
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May 29, 2008 at 04:29 PM Anonymous Says:
How about Spring Valley Tax increase of 10% that nobody is talking ????
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May 29, 2008 at 04:51 PM Anonymous Says:
If Oustatcher's email ends with .us
then the board would also end with .us
It probably did not crash.
Also, Oustatcher is the superintendent, and reports to the board. He is not on the board. He also happens to make about $250k per year. God bless.
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May 29, 2008 at 09:22 PM Anonymous Says:
Hi guys you got to be calm let wait for the new board members to be on and see what they r doing it is not so simple to go on the board and cut. There is a lot of things that you can't cut exemple pension payroll health insurance so it is only the buildings and the maintnence fleet what we can try to check on so be calm and give a lot of support to the new board members. I will I y h try to keep you posted with all new developments. Thanks guys. A voulnteer to help get the taxes down
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May 30, 2008 at 07:16 AM Matzahlocal101 Says:
CORRECTION:
I erred slightly in my previous post using outdated information. The currently (2005-2006) available information is that East Ramapo pays an average of $13,124 per each of it's 8160 students, almost 42% above the state average of $9,264. While Neighboring Clarkstown pays 10,518 per student, 13.5% above the state average. but still 30% less than East Ramapo. However the district still stands to save 30 million dollars by dissolving itself and handing managemnto Clarkstown. That would still reduce the budget by more than 15%.
info at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov
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Jul 17, 2008 at 09:48 PM Anonymous Says:
You have the choice to send your kids to the public schools if you wish. It is your choice to put them in private schools so therefore the money seems like a waste to you. You are free to move somewhere else where you think it will be better. Why not move to monroe or to Brooklyn? Just because you don't want the best for your public schools or your community to look nice, doesn't mean the rest of don't.
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