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Last Chance to Sign the Save East Ramapo Petition

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Last Chance to Sign the Save East Ramapo Petition:

PETITION CLOSING DATE IS JUNE 15TH

The East Ramapo Central School District was once considered among the best in NY State. Today, the graduation rate is just 74%, and for Hispanic Students just 54%!  School board members have diverted funds to promote religious schools and gutted the funding of the public schools. They have discriminated against and segregated students on the basis of race and religion. At the same time they have created a massive budget deficit which threatens BOCES payments and thereby neighboring school districts.

Sign the petition at http://poweroften.us/sign-the-petition/

A bill, S4183-2013: “Relates to intervention in chronically underperforming school districts” would give the NY State Education Department the power to intervene. This bill has the support of NYSED, the chairs of both the Senate and Assembly education committees, and all of the state level elected officials representing East Ramapo.

Sign the petition at http://poweroften.us/sign-the-petition/

Then, join the Facebook event and invite your friends to sign too!

Tell Governor Cuomo and the leaders of the NY State Senate and Assembly that they must pass this bill to INTERVENE for the children of East Ramapo!!!

This petition is open to all people, regardless of your age, residency status, or where you live. Please add your name to those calling for state intervention for East Ramapo by signing TODAY!

Court Appearance Thursday; Petition to Save East Ramapo is on Fire

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In this Issue:

  1. Petition on Fire, now share, share, share!
  2. Court Appearance Thursday
  3. East Ramapo subject of national education blog
  4. NAACP Events: Candidate Forum and Student Debate

1) Save East Ramapo Petition has 1,914 signatures!!!

Thank you to all who have signed the petition for the “Save East Ramapo” bill. This bill gives the NYS Commissioner of Education more power to intervene in East Ramapo.

This petition is open to all people, regardless of your age, residency status, or where you live, so please share with all your friends far and near.

http://poweroften.us/sign-the-petition/

Join the Petition Event on Facebook

2) Come to the Federal Civil Rights Court Date Thursday:

Date: Thursday May 2 at 3:00 PM

Federal Courthouse Room 421 – Judge George Yanthis

300 Quarropas Street White Plains, NY

Learn more about the civil rights lawsuit

3) Diane Ravitch Blogs about East Ramapo

Diane Ravitch’s Blog post: When a Religious Sect Took over Public Schools is one of the top posts on this popular nationally acclaimed education blog.

4) NAACP Events

The Student Debate Will be held Wednesday May 1, 2013 at 6:00 pm at The Nyack Center 58 Depew Ave in Nyack.

NAACP Nyack Youth Council and Spring Valley Youth Council Present the Great Debate: Nyack Youth Council – Vs. – Spring Valley Youth Council.  Please come join us as our youth come together to educate the community on two very important issues: The second Amendment right to bear and keep arms & The NYC Stop and Frisk Policy

The Candidates Forum will be held on May 9, 2012 at 6:30 pm at the Louis Kurtz Center, Main/Madison Avenue in Spring Valley. 

The Spring Valley NAACP and several Community Organizations have collaborated in hosting a Candidates Forum.  The Forum will introduce to the community at large, all candidates seeking the Trustee position for East Ramapo Central School District.  All six candidates have been invited and will attend this Forum. 

 

Court Date Delayed; Petition for Intervention; Budget News

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In this Issue:

  1. Civil Rights Court Appearance DELAYED
  2. New Petition Online: The “Save East Ramapo” Bill
  3. School Board Meeting Next Tuesday
  4. Message from the editor

1) Federal Civil Rights Court Date DELAYED:

OUR DAY IN COURT HAS BEEN DELAYED AGAIN:

New Date: April 29 at 3:00 PM

Federal Courthouse Room 421 – Judge George Yanthis

300 Quarropas Street White Plains, NY

Learn more about the civil rights lawsuit

2) New Petition Online: The “Save East Ramapo” Bill

Please sign the petition for the “Save East Ramapo” bill. This bill gives the NYS Commissioner of Education more power to intervene in East Ramapo.

This bill has the support of NYSED, the chairs of both the Senate and Assembly education committees, and all of the state level elected officials representing East Ramapo.

Tell Governor Cuomo and the leaders of the NY State Senate and Assembly that they must pass this bill to INTERVENE for the children of East Ramapo!!!

This petition is open to all people, regardless of your age, residency status, or where you live, so please invite all your friends far and near.

http://poweroften.us/sign-the-petition/

Join the Petition Event on Facebook:

3) School Board Meeting Tuesday

April 23 at 7:30 PM

105 S. Madison Ave, Spring Valley

The budget will be presented.  Details of the budget were first released tonight as reported in Newsday:

http://newyork.newsday.com/rockland/east-ramapo-budget-crisis-sports-teachers-on-chopping-block-as-district-contends-with-shortfall-1.5086446

On the chopping block:

• Seven elementary art teachers

• Seven elementary music teachers

• Seven elementary librarians

• 15 special education teachers

• 16 middle school and high school teachers

• All middle school sports and some high school sports, including varsity golf, cheerleading, junior varsity tennis and junior varsity volleyball

• Seventh-grade foreign language

4) Message from the editor:

Are you aware that the infamous attorney for East Ramapo, Albert D’Agostino, verbally abused a student, in front of multiple witnesses, at a school board meeting? NO EMPLOYEE of ERCSD should be allowed to VERBALLY ABUSE a student and get away with it! We have ZERO tolerance for students who are BULLIES and we will have ZERO TOLERANCE for ADULTS WHO BULLY STUDENTS! It is unacceptable and unprofessional and students are demanding that the ERCSD Lawyer be FIRED.

Justice is coming to East Ramapo … and WE can make it happen!