Dear Neighbor, May 17th, 2011 is a very important day for all residents and especially for the children who attend East Ramapo Schools. On that day all registered voters must go to the polls to vote on the budget and to vote for school board members who support all of our children. Each vote will [...]
Noche Latina
Apr 13
A wonderful evening was enjoyed by about 500 people at Ramapo High School on April 7th. There was great music, comedy, folk dancing and food. One district parent, representing the new group “Padres Unidos” (Parents United) gave a brilliant speech. He said: “Now is the time when students, parents, teachers and administrators get together to [...]
Hi All, The East Ramapo School Board led by Aron Wieder demoted Dr. Ira E. Oustatcher Superintendent of Schools. Dr. O has been made the Director of Special Student Services at a salary of $252,000, while Dr. Joel Klein was given a raise from $144,000 to $242,000 to be the interim. Basically the two administrators [...]
OK…in true East Ramapo form, the Board put up the agenda only this morning and we confirmed that there was no public speaking. At 2:30 the agenda was ‘revised’ to include public speaking. They are also calling for the Board to adopt the budget tonight. According to the budget outline, the Board was to adopt the budget [...]
Stakeholder’s Update
Mar 27
This week has seen a lot of action! Learn all about it at our new web page: www.poweroften.us/new However, we will not get the result that we want on May 17 if each of you does not get active starting today! What can you do? Here are the answers: Contact Michael Miller at mill…@optonline.net and volunteer to be a captain in [...]
An exciting week
Mar 27
The past week has seen a number of exciting developments! Music students came to the school board meeting to advocate on behalf of music in the schools. The stakeholders made a presentation at the community forum featuring Judith Johnson, retired superintendent of the Peekskill school system. We held a rally and volunteer coordination event at [...]