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Board of Ed to Decide February Vacation Fate Tuesday Night

A resolution will be voted on whether or not to use the February vacation to make up the days missed during Hurricane Sandy.

The Board of Education will vote on a resolution to revise the Smithtown Central School District calendar Tuesday night, which would use four of the February vacation days to make up for those missed in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Superintendent Anthony Annunziato said the days missed could be made up Tuesday through Friday during the February break.

The superintendent also said there is no other time to make up for the days lost.

"The March vacation days are there in the event that we have more than two snow days," he said. "If I went into March and we use more than two snow days I would end up going to the state and asking for a waiver and they would ask me, 'why didn't we use February? You didn't use any of your vacation days.'"

During the Nov. 13 board meeting, while word was spreading of possible legislation that would allow for school districts to reduce the school year no more than 10 days due to Hurricane Sandy, the superintendent said since no legislation had been passed yet that the district would still have a full 180-day school year.

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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.