LUT Concession

We, the undersigned, concerned Citizens and Residents of The Levittown School District of Levittown, NY implore the Levittown Union of Teachers to fairly negotiate concessions to their current contract for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year in an effort to prevent the downfall of our school district.Due to economic conditions that our country has been suffering, cutbacks in state aid, increased unfunded mandates, and a tax cap; without such concessions continued loss of programs and staff is inevitable. The district that you are servicing is comprised of families that are struggling to get by, retired residents that are fighting to stay in the town where they raised their children, residents that have been forced into foreclosure and working class people that have faced job loss, pay freezes and pay cuts. For many we are just happy to have jobs. We are asking you to be fair-minded and give back to the community that has supported you for decades. If you act now to put our children, our schools, our community first you will have behaved in a fashion that is responsible and respectable. If you forgo this opportunity to support us in our time of need we will be forced NOT to support the LUT during your contract negotiations in 2012. Again, we implore you to do what is right for our children and for our district because in the end you will be doing what will best serve you in the future.