free public schools are outdated cumbersome and  non effective.

let teachers teach get rid of tenure and unions let them compete in the free market like everyone else.

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free public schools are outdated cumbersome and  non effective.

let teachers teach get rid of tenure and unions let them compete in the free market like everyone else.

They're anything but free.  I paid quite a bit to be able to send children to school this year, and I'll pay more every year from now on... and eventually, I'll be paying where I get no return of services.  

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AND it wasn't a good idea IN the same school district.....MONT PLEASANT is now for the 'special kids'....it's like a 'school work prison'....what the F do you think will happen when all are made larger?

you have no foresight except that which enables large amounts of power to be placed in a small amount of hands......

look further than the tub of KFC on your lap

Mont Pleasant is a MIDDLE SCHOOL  ----   oh .. and you have no taste in food .. because I would certainly never eat KFC.

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Mohon unveils ‘grim’ forecast
Tax cap limits spending, school aid decreases as costs increase
By John Purcell As of Wednesday, December 14, 2011

#Rotterdam — Mohonasen Central School District’s budget forecast for next school year doesn’t appear to provide any relief from continuing staffing cuts.

#District Superintendent Kathleen Spring presented an overview of the initial projections and possibilities for the 2012-13 budget during the Board of Education meeting on Monday, Dec. 5. Last year, the district cut 34 positions and next year’s budget has the school district considering cuts to elementary art and music programs along with librarians, according to Spring.

#Despite 2011-12 budget cuts — including the full-time equivalent of 19 teachers, four teaching assistants, nine support staff and two-and-a-half administrative positions — Spring said the upcoming budget is “much more grim.”

#“We are going to have to look at significant budget cuts again,” said Spring. “We are going to have to make very, very difficult decisions this year.”

#Despite the gloomy outlook looming over the district, Spring said she is still optimistic about public education. She said the district and residents must advocate the importance of every child receiving a quality education.

#“We are trying to get the message out to our legislators and to the governor about what is happening to public schools because of the budget cuts,” said Spring.

#Spring suggested if there is a grassroots movement of residents going to the local offices of their state representatives to express their concerns, it could provoke change in cuts to education.

#“What I am hoping is that we can get people upset enough to speak out,” said Spring. “We are hoping we get people out to talk about what their school means to them and what they want to happen.”......................>>>>........................>>>>...............http://www.schenectadyspotlight.com/news/2011/dec/14/mohon-unveils-grim-forecast/

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#“We are trying to get the message out to our legislators and to the governor about what is happening to public schools because of the budget cuts,” said Spring.

what is happening is that the select few inhouse are fighting over the same resources of $$$$$.......

that resource is the taxpayer.......

let me ask again

when the boomers (large growing generation) were growing up there were schools being built left and right, expansion everywhere, not enough room in the schools, had to build more and get more teachers......so here we with

1. CROWDED CLASSROOMS
2. LOWER GRADUATION RATES
3. HIGHER TAXES
4. NO UNION FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

I'm not just talking about this school.....I'm talking about the WHOLE PIG.......

She is hoping to scare people that we are gonna go over a cliff if we do not continue to pay outragous fees to support their largess

are there less students now than during the booming generation?????

what exactly are we short on?

short on compassion. mercy, justice long on careeers, benifits retirement self absorbtion and general self serving systems that serve no real value to thehuman population

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ROTTERDAM
Residents, school board consider budget trims
BY MICHAEL GOOT Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Michael Goot at 395-3105 or mgoot@dailygazette.net.

    Increasing class sizes, cutting elective courses and shortening the school day are all among the options to reduce the Mohonasen Central School District’s estimated $1.4 million budget gap.
    All those possibilities were unattractive for roughly 100 people who attended a budget forum Monday at the school.
    Mohonasen Superintendent Kathleen Spring said that for 2012-2013, the district is set to get only about $180,000 more in state aid than it is in the current budget year, when it is covering roughly 41 percent of the budget.
    The district should be getting more money based on its wealth, Spring said. The district’s wealth ratio — a comparison of its property value and residents’ income — is 0.65. This means that the district is only about two-thirds as wealthy as the average in the state.
    Denise Swezey, assistant superintendent for business, said the district has already made $7 million in reductions during the last three years, including elimination of more than 60 positions. It is running out of places to cut.
    The district’s so-called rollover budget — what it would need to spend if all positions and programs stayed in place — is $46.2 million. District offi cials have whittled that down to $45 million, which is still $2.1 million higher than the current $42.9 million spending plan.
    Under the complex formula that takes into account property growth and exemptions for the increases in certain pension costs, the district’s tax levy increase limit is 2.28 percent. For Mohonasen, that would result increasing the budget by $511,000 to roughly $43.4 million. ..........................>>>>......................>>>>...................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01501&AppName=1

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Mohon eyes 2.3 percent levy hike
Teaching staff, coaches slated for cuts; class sizes increases likely
By John Purcell As of Friday, March 9, 2012 -5:02 p.m.

#ROTTERDAM — Mohonasen officials are focusing on how nearly $1.42 million in budget reductions can be achieved after making more than $6.5 million in budgets cuts over the last three years.

#School District Superintendent Kathleen Spring presented 2012-13 budget developments within general support, operations and maintenance, athletics, extra curricular activities, transportation and debt service during the Board of Education meeting on Monday, March 5. The district is aiming to stay within the state mandated tax levy cap, with a 2.3 percent tax levy increase. Factoring in around $510,000 in additional tax revenues and $180,000 in projected state aid, the district is facing a budget gap of nearly $1.42 million.................>>>>..................>>>>......................http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/2012/mar/09/mohon-eyes-23-percent-levy-hike/