"Why are Smithtown teachers continuing to pay for school supplies out of their own…Read More pocket?"
Since when? Ever see the big list of supplies kids get in their folders at the end of the year for them to bring in next year? I think you're talking about the wrong school district.
How, in a period of rapidly declining enrollment, can costs be increasing so much from year to year,…Read More you ask? The answer is in front of you in black and white. I urge you to READ your district’s budget: we are funding retirements when many of us cannot afford to fund our own during difficult economic times. These wheels were set in motion by contracts negotiated in times of unrealistic growth that may likely not occur again. It is time to open up these plans and relieve this unfair burden from our shoulders. Whatever other measures are pursued in order to control costs, including consolidation within and eventually with other districts, are never going to be enough if you cannot get this problem corrected. Write your congressman, for the love of God. If you need any more incentive to do so, please go to http://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/teacher-pensions-new-york and look at what Smithtown’s retirees are collecting MONTHLY. It will sicken you.
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket.
Unless we do…Read More something this town will continue to spiral down. More taxes aren't going to help.
We need to cut expenses and get ourselves on a fiscally responsible plan.