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Rhau
– One School Year to Go?
Read this and other excerpts
from
The Eagles' View--A View
Around Town
by Klaus Gaebel
Saugerties Post Star
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Also by Klaus Gaebel
from The Saugerties Post
Star
BOE
Appoints Department Chairs - Denies
2
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On May
20th voters will be asked to vote on
a $52,135,740 School
Budget
In addition, voters will be selecting
three new school board
members
The candidates are:
- Tom Ham
- Walter Frey
- Chuck Schirmer
- Steve Haun
- William Creen, Jr.,
and
- Lanny Walter
Saugerties
Watchdog
gives
Lanny Walter
a
"thumbs down,"
and
strongly recommends that voters DO NOT support
him
While serving on the school board in
2001-2002, Lanny Walter, along with his former
board cronies, was responsible for giving former
Superintendents Karen Hong and Michael
Singleton, and Singleton's wife (all of whom are
non-residents), paid health insurance for the
rest of their natural lives.
Also, between March 13, 2001 and June 29,
2002, taxpayers paid in excess of $200,000 in
salaries plus tens of thousands of dollars in
benefits for two superintendents at the same
time!
Saugerties taxpayers have paid $72, 457.49
to date for their health insurance. Each
year, you can add another $19,405.00 (at today's
rates).
In eight short years Saugerties taxpayers
will have paid these non-residents a total of
$210,232.49 in health insurance adding another
$19,405.00 each year thereafter.
Saugerties taxpayers can not afford to have
this man on the school board again, Lanny
Walter does not know how to say "no" to spending
money.
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On May
20th voters will have the
opportunity to judge the past and make
the future better
Polls open from
12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m.
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Missing in
Inaction
By Klaus Gaebel
Saugerties Post
Star
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Terry Parisian
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Mike
Brennan
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Bob
McCaig
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Outgoing board members
Michael Brennan, Robert McCaig and Terry
Parisian once again are a “no-show”
for final budget vote
School Budget Tops $50
Million; SESA Contract Approved
By Klaus Gaebel
Saugerties Post
Star
(Board of Education approved
a budget; also approved the SESA (Saugerties
Educational Support Association)
contract)
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Saugerties Post Star
4/17/08
Board of Ed Wants Tax Levy
Increase Reduced
By: Klaus Gaebel
"The Saugerties Board of Education,
not satisfied with a proposed tax levy increase
of 6.3% over last year, has sent the budget back
to Superintendent Richard Rhau and Business
Manager Joe Dziadik for reduction."
Plus
Saugerties Post Star
April 17, 2008
Eagle's View
A view around
Town
By: Klaus Gaebel
Aunt Bea
Resurfaces
Who’s Not
Running…
…And Who
is
To find out,
From The Saugerties Times
April 17, 2008
How Low Can You
Go?
To reduce
budget, school board suggests staff retirement,
cuts
By: Krispin Cott
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Saugerties Post
Star
April 10, 2008
Eagle's View
A view around
Town
By: Klaus Gaebel
Holding Vote Irks School
Board Member. Oh really?
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Terry Parisian
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Mike
Brennan
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Bob
McCaig
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The
Eagle’s View
A View Around
Town
By: Klaus
Gaebel
The
Library’s Turn to Renovate
Voters
are being asked to come out May 7th to vote for
a Library renovation that will cost almost
7-million dollars
13-days
later (May 20th) votes are being asked to come
out to vote for a projected 8.8% in school
taxes.
New Poll Questions--Please Vote
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Make A Good Thing
Better
Tom Ham
Announces Candidacy for School Board
Slot
by: Crispin Kott
Saugerties Times
Tom Ham For School
Board
Message from the
Candidate
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New
from Saugerties Post
Star
by
Klaus Gaeble
Board
of Ed Hears Complaints About Water and
Transportation, and No-show Snow
Excuse
Preliminary
Budget
Why the Roofs
are Still Leaking
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Letter to Editor and
Responses
On March 20, 2008 Lanny Walter wrote a
Letter to the Editor to both the Saugerties
Post Star and Saugerties Times in
which he criticized school board President Don
Tucker and Vice-President George Heidcamp
[click below to
read[
On March 27, 2008, the following
Letters to the Editor in response to Lanny
Walter appeared in both the Saugerties Post
Star and Saugerties Times:
Letter No.1 -- by: George D. Heidcamp, Sr.
Lanny the Big
Spender
[click below to
read]
Letter No.2--by Don Tucker
There’s No Shame in the
Truth
[click below to
read]
Letter No.3--by: Jim Steinhilber
Lanny, Get Off Your
“Soap Box”
[click below to
read]
Letter No.4--by Richard Petramale
On the
Contrary
[click below to
read]
Letter No.5--by Sam Fisco
I Disagree with
Lanny
[click below to
read]
Letter No.6--by Tom Ham
Is Lanny out of
Touch?
[click below to
read]
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The Heidcamp
Report
March 20, 2008
Where's The Beef
??
Where’s the $20,000
reimbursement for the damage to the Mt. Marion
and Grant D. Morse schools that occurred on
August 7, 2007?
Saugerties Post
Star
Board Of Education Authorizes
Internal Investigation
By: Klaus Gaebel
Board of Education President
Don Tucker said he was not at liberty to discuss
the case, but did indicate that the
investigation involves several employees of the
district.
Assistant Superintendent
“Looking” ?
By: Klaus Gaebel
Rumors have been swirling that
Saugerties Central School district Assistant
Superintendent Cheryl Nuciforo is actively
seeking employment elsewhere.
Roof Leaks in Schools Get
Board of Ed Attention
By: Klaus Gaebel
The board was presented with a
presentation displaying over 80 photos and
descriptions by board Vice-President George
Heidcamp. The photos revealed roof leaks and
water damage in the schools after
February’s heavy rains.
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Saugerties
Times
3-13-08
Trickle
Down
BOE Wants Explanation,
No-charge Resolution for Leaky
Roofs
By Crispin Kott
Vice-president Heidcamp Presents his
Findings
Full Story
Saugerties Post
Star
3-13-08
Eagle’s
View
A View Around
Town
By Klaus Gaebel
It’s Time It Be
Said
Quote: "As Yankee slugger
Reggie Jackson once said about himself, Heidcamp
too is the straw that stirs the drink"
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The
Saga of Aunt Bea
To
read the “Phantom” Aunt Bea
letter,
To
read George Heidcamp’s response To Aunt
Bea,
To
read The Saugerties Times' editorial
regarding Aunt Bea's letter,
By Will
Dendis,
To read
Saugerties Post Star
Eagle's
View
Response to
Aunt Bea
by Klaus
Gaebel,
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New
from
Local
Newspapers
Saugerties
Post Star:
Eagle's
View--A
View Around Town
By Klaus
Gaebel
[The
Fitness-Technology Decision]
February
29, 2008
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New
from
Local
Newspapers
Saugerties
Post Star:
Eagle's
View--A
View Around Town
By Klaus
Gaebel
[Let
it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it
Snow]
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SAUGERTIES BOOSTER
CLUB
presents
Fueling for
Performance
--Your Guide to Nutrition for
Sports--
with Katie Crouse, MS, RD, CDN,
Registered Dietitian and Sports
Nutritionist
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Presentation to
Include:
Basic nutrition and hydration
principles for growing adolescents who are
also athletes
Nutrition and hydration
requirements for and examples of pre and
post exercise meals & snacks
Appropriate ways to gain or lose
weight for athletic needs without
compromising performance
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When: Tuesday, February 26th
Snow date: Tuesday, March 4th
Where: Auditorium 6:30pm
* free to Saugerties students
* $2 for non-Saugerties students
* Adults free
For more information
contact Maureen Rothe at 247-6683
or
Email: mrothe@saugerties.k12.ny.us
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Local
Newspapers'
Reports on Technology and
Fitness Issues
Saugerties Post
Star:
Eagle's
View--A
View Around Town
Technology
and Weight Room Gets Board of Education
OK
By Klaus
Gaebel
Saugerties
Times:
1700 and
Holding
School Board decides in
favor of smaller weight room, maintains tech
space
By Heather Plonchak
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Gleanings from Local
Newspapers
Saugerties Post
Star:
Eagle's
View--A
View Around Town
By Klaus
Gaebel
Saugerties
Times:
Editorial--A
Sports Community
By Will Dendis
Guest
Column--Students
Need Hands-On Technology Classes
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Saugerties Post
Star
January 24, 2008
Eagle’s
View
A View Around
Town
By: Klaus Gaebel
“The BOE and
Superintendent Let a Bad Situation Get
Worse”
For more details
Saugerties
Times
January 24, 2008
“On the
Table”
By: Heather Plonchak
“Proposed Position would
consolidate Safety Duties and Purge Student
Stowaways”
For more details
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Saugerties
Times
Part l:
The Saugerties School
District Had Its Share of Ups and Downs Last
Year
By: Crispin Kott -- click
here to read
Part 2:
Tumultuous
Semester
Second half of 2007 a
rollercoaster for school
district
By: Crispin Kott -- click
here to read
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Saugerties
Post Star
12/20/07
School Cell
Phone Policy Voided
–
For Now
The Saugerties Board of
Education unanimously rescinded a cell-phone policy
they had approved early in this term by a 6-3 vote.
By: Klaus
Gaebel
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Saugerties
Times
December 13,
2007
Let Freedom
Ring
(Heidcamp's restrictions on
the use of school District's Cell Phones
Lifted)
by: Heather Plonchak
Saugerties Post
Star
December 13,
2007
THE EAGLE'S
VIEW
[A View Around Town]
by: Klaus Gaebel
School SESA Contract
Expired:
3 ½ Years and Counting
plus
School
Project Coordinator Position Passes By 5-4
Vote
by: Klaus Gaebel
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Saugerties
Times
12/6/07
The Right
Track?
School Board
Narrowly Approves New Construction Liaison
Position, Discuses Track Repairs
By: Crispin
Kott
Plus
Saugerties
Post Star
12/6/07
After-School
Bus Resolution, STA Certificate, and SESA
Negotiations Resume
By: Klaus
Gaebel
Track
Concerns At BOE Meeting
By: Klaus
Gaebel
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NEW
The Saugerties Post Star - November 29,
2007
THE EAGLE'S
VIEW
[A View Around
Town]
by: Klaus Gaebel
eaglesview@hcv.rr.com
NOT A BORING BOARD MEETING
To read excerpts from the article,
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See
Two New Entries:
Post Star
Items
(by
Klaus Gaebel)
Heidcamp
Report
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Saugerties Post
Star
November 22, 2007
Tempers Flare at BOE
Meeting*
By: Klaus Gaebel
Michael Brennan (L) Terry
Parisian (R)
Board member Terry Parisian
(right) stands and points finger at board
president Tucker who called Parisian "out of
order" and threatened to have police remove him
. . . for more details
Plus
New Track Concern at
BOE Meeting*
By: Klaus Gaebel
. . . for more details
Plus
School Building Project
Coordinator Position Again Put on
Hold*
By: Klaus Gaebel
. . . for more details
Plus
excerpts from
Eagle's View---A View
Around Town*
By: Klaus Gaebel
. . . for more details
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*Note: All articles
contained herein have been reprinted by
permission from Saugerties Post
Star
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The
Heidcamp Report
Novemebr 20,
2007
"You're Out
of Order"
said Board President
Donald Tucker
“This is a public assembly, Mr. Parisian,
you will conform to the rules, or leave.
"I'm not going to tell you again."
"You can mock all you want,"
"If I have to have the police remove you from
the board meeting, I will do that, now sit
down."
For full details
plus
"click" to hear the actual
tape recordings!
[Note: After reading article,
please come back and vote on Poll question to
the left]
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Saugerties
Times
Novemebr 15, 2007
"Keep Us in The Loop"*
by:
Heather Plonchak
School Board president Donald Tucker, after
issuing several warnings threatened to remove Board
member Terry Parisian from the meeting
“This is a public assembly, Mr.
Parisian,”
“You will conform to the rules, or leave,
by police action if necessary"
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*Note: All articles
contained herein have been reprinted by
permission from The Saugerties
Times
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Come
back often. . .
All items of
interest relating to Saugerties Board of Education
that appear in local newspapers will be reprinted
here
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The Saugerties Post
Star - October 25 2007
THE EAGLE'S
VIEW
[A View Around
Town]
by: Klaus Gaebel
eaglesview@hcv.rr.com
To read excerpts from the
article,
Also written by Klaus Gaebel and appearing in
The Saugerties Post Star, October 25th
edition:
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"Weekly 600-Mile School Bus Trip Causes
Student & Parent Woes"
To read article,
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AFTERSHOCKS
[With
coaches still angry over track, school board
members promise to be more
communicative]
By: Crispin Kott:,
Saugerties Times , October 11,
2007
To read article,
Plus
THE
EAGLE'S
VIEW
[A View Around
Town]
By: Klaus Gaebel
The Saugerties Post Star -
October 11, 2007
To read quotes from the
article,
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Saugerties
School Board*
Report
Card
The First
90-days
* And read the message from BoE President,
Donald G. Tucker
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Terry Parisian
Saugerties School Board Member
ADMITS
The Saugerties School Board
have been using our kids as political
pawns!
Plus
to read George Heidcamp's
response
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The
Heidcamp Report
May 30, 2007
Saugerties’
Voters Want More Accountability
Plus...
It's
Offical
(from Saugerties Times)
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Official
Election Results:
Thompson -
1,685*
Steinhilber -
1,598*
Heidcamp -
1,562*
Ham -
1,538
Buono -
1,417
Kovac -
1,268
*New school
board trustees
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The
Heidcamp Report
March 15,
2007
Buono and Kovac
scold Saugerties Post Star publisher for asking for
public opinion about The Heidcamp
Report
Attitude:
Arrogance and Control, or Ignorance?
You Be
the Judge
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To read a Letter to
Editor from Board members Buono and Kovac,
click
here
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The Public
Responds re: The Heidcamp
Report
Readers will recall that a few
weeks back, Saugerties Post Star Publisher,
Ryan Hallum, polled the public regarding The
Heidcamp Report as a Page 3 weekly feature. He
asked that anyone with an opinion regarding The
Report respond by the end of February.
Apparently many comments were received, prompting
Mr. Hallum to write the following:
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I would first like to thank the
many people who wrote and called in to express
their feelings about the Post Star printing
the Heidcamp Report. I was happy to see the
amount of response, as well as the emotion that was
poured into many of the emails. This poll was done
for me to find out if the majority of our readers
enjoyed reading what George had to say. After
reading all of the responses that came in, it is my
decision to continue to print the Heidcamp
Report. The results were overwhelmingly in
favor of keeping the Heidcamp Report in the
Post Star. As has been our policy in the
past, we welcome anyone who disputes or disagrees
with George to write in to us to have an equal
forum to get their information out. His column is
his own views and opinions, and the Post
Star would be happy to accommodate both sides
of the issue, so that the people of Saugerties can
decide for themselves. Thank you again for the
great amount of responses, and also for your
continued readership of the Post
Star.
Ryan Hallum, Publisher, Post
Star
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The
Heidcamp Report
March
8, 2007
The
Ultimate Cell-Phone Abuse
 
for Report
To
view all 28-pages
of
Saugerties Sr. High School Principal Fred
Hirsch’s cell phone bills
for Phone Logs
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February 22,
2007
Agreeing with the Comptroller's
Audit that Superintendent Rhau was inappropriately
paid $160 while attending a conference in Boston. .
. .
School
Board Members
Tucker,
Fisco, Petramale
Take a
Stand
Superintendent
Richard
Rhau,
Sr. High
Principal
Tim
Price,
and Jr.
High Principal
Don
Farris
use District cell
phones on
Christmas and New
Year's
to call friends and
relatives in Folsom, California, Waltham,
Massachusetts, and Atlanta,
Georgia!
 
for
details
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February
1, 2007
Superintendent
wants
more money and more time off???
Greed?
You
be the judge!
Plus,
Rhau calls Heidcamp "Saugerties Attack
Dog"
Read
Report and Response
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The
Heidcamp Report
January
25, 2007
Check
out calls
made
by Administrators
on
"District-owned" Cell-phones
47,450
hours of air-time!
Did
Adminstration members abuse their
privileges?
You
Be the Judge
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The
Heidcamp Report
January
18, 2007
Nucifaro
Granted Tenure!
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January
4, 2007
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