Quote from Newsday 12/18/1010: “...Stephen V. Waldenburg Jr., president of the Northport-East Northport school board, said he would consider every option in an effort to provide his students the best education at the most reasonable cost. ‘I think we may be interested to hear what they've got in mind," he said. "It never hurts to listen. I can't say what will come out of it. It would need to be beneficial to the Northport district.’...”
Ohh Newsday and Mr. Waldenberg, the Elwood BOE has nothing specific in mind; we are simply looking at the grim news coming out of Albany and asking ourselves what would it look like if we consolidated with a neighboring school district from both an educational and financial perspective. We want to explore every possible solution to protect our children’s opportunity to have a competitive 21st Century education. Elwood residents have an abundance of pride in our school community - academically, athletically, and artistically. Our children are well served and there is little doubt that many residents have a continued desire to take care of our own. Nevertheless, the current economic conditions and the intent of our new Governor to take away the will of the people and impose a tax cap have us exploring every possible solution to maintain the principles of education that we hold sacrosanct in Elwood. In other words, the only thing we have in mind is an exploration of possibilities to be considered as a community.
Ohh Newsday and Mr. Waldenberg, the Elwood BOE has nothing specific in mind; we are simply looking at the grim news coming out of Albany and asking ourselves what would it look like if we consolidated with a neighboring school district from both an educational and financial perspective. We want to explore every possible solution to protect our children’s opportunity to have a competitive 21st Century education. Elwood residents have an abundance of pride in our school community - academically, athletically, and artistically. Our children are well served and there is little doubt that many residents have a continued desire to take care of our own. Nevertheless, the current economic conditions and the intent of our new Governor to take away the will of the people and impose a tax cap have us exploring every possible solution to maintain the principles of education that we hold sacrosanct in Elwood. In other words, the only thing we have in mind is an exploration of possibilities to be considered as a community.
