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How Will the Board of Ed Vote on a School Closing?

Vote set for Tuesday's board meeting at 8 p.m.

The Board of Education will meet at 8 p.m. on Tuesday and vote on a possible elementary school closure within the Smithtown Central School District, and while many locals have ideas formed of how each member will vote much of the board has kept their decision private.

Members such as . Both Grace Plourde and Joanne McEnroy have said they would not be ready to make a decision until all sides have been heard and all of their questions have been answered.

This is not the same for all members, however, as .

How do you feel the board members will vote on a possible elementary school closing?

Vote will take place at Tuesday's board of education meeting at 8 p.m. in the Joseph Barton Building on New York Avenue.

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KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:17 pm
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.
KFM May 21, 2013 at 04:12 pm
They are allowed to exclude the pension and employee benefit increases when expressing the increase.Read More
Billie B May 20, 2013 at 10:17 am
Tomorrow is the vote..vote NO NOW or our taxes are going to continue to sky rocket. Unless we doRead 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.