Last year a slate of three candidates - Eleni Carter, Wayne Chan and Jen Trumper spent over $10,000 and were elected to the M-W school board by a large margin. In a 6/26/08 THR article disclosing this information, the THR interviewed Mrs. Elizabeth Blashka, First Vice President of the Orange County School Boards and 6 year member of the Valley School District. When she was told of the amount of money Chan, Carter and Trumper spent Mrs. Blashka was quoted "Are you serious? It's not a salaried position, so why would you spend that much??"
Why indeed - that is a question the taxpayers and parents in this community should be asking.
The first order of business after Carter, Chan and Trumper's election to the BOE was to elevate Dr. DeGeronimo to the position of President of the BOE. The second item of business was to reduce the number of public BOE meetings from twice a month to once a mon
$146m Monroe-Woodbury budget approved. Click here for the story in the 4/24/09 Photo News
Please click here for the Times-Herald Record Article dated 11/17/08 regarding proposed cuts in state aid
The M-W Board of Education, under the leadership of President Michael DiGeronimo has cut out 7 meetings this school year. He has also changed the location of two meetings so far without proper taxpayer notification. Although tonight's meeting is listed on the school calendar on the M-W website, the meeting place is not noted.
M-W TAXPAYERS - YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO! Click here for the real TEACHER SALARY INCREASES
as reported in the Times Herald Record!
We seek to PRESERVE AND PROTECT our school district so that our children can continue to excel and our taxpayers can continue to have an optimal return on their investment resulting in cost-effective planning, academic excellence, increased home values and community stability. It is our intention to shine a spotlight on our board of education and district administration so that our district's residents will have an honest and true accounting of what is going on in Monroe-Woodbury.
We invite everyone to visit us frequently and email us at [email protected] with your questions and observations. Only through the combined efforts of all our district's stakeholders can we PRESERVE AND PROTECT our wonderful school district.
Obtain a "FOIL" (Freedom of Information Law) form at http://www.dos.state.ny.us/coog/coogwww.html
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