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Letter to Editor (Post Star and
Saugerties Times, 3-20-08)
Shame on the
school board
We have had a lot of rain. The flat roofs in the
Saugerties Central School District are not up to
the task of protecting the school buildings
entirely. This problem has been recognized by the
district's administrators and maintenance staff for
many years. Many thousands of dollars have been
spent through the years to repair and resurface
roofs throughout the district. There has been too
much weather, and too little money in this district
to solve this problem completely.
The current school board president, Donald
Tucker and his vice president, George Heidcamp take
it upon themselves to walk through the schools and
take pictures of leaks and they then share those
findings with the school administrators,
construction projects and maintenance supervisors
to better understand the immediate causes of these
problems and what is being done about it?
Not at all. These two gentlemen instead skip
over the people who are working on the problem and
present their findings at a school board
meeting.
Their goal is to shame the district. They do not
care what impression their conduct has on people
who live in or are thinking about moving to our
community. Their goal is to make themselves look
righteous and the district look bad. The value of
all our homes decreases when these two take the
stage to serve themselves rather than the
community.
School board elections are happening May 20,
2008. If you care about this community, you will
not stand aside and let these two continue to run
the show. Petitions to run for the board are
available starting March 20 from the district
office.
Lanny Walter
Former Board Member
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