Withhold Final Approval for New Roots Charter School At This TIme
SUNY Charter Schools InstituteRalph Rossi, Vice-President and Generl Counsel41 State Street, Suite 700Albany, New York 12207Attn: New Roots Charter School, Ithaca, NYDear Mr. Rossi,We, the undersigned... continue reading »
"Please suspend this process for one year. It simply makes no sense to take necessary funding from a school system that is already stretched too thin to meet its obligations, for the sake of a new school. Im an environmentalist on the ISCD Green Team. I ca"
"School taxes have long been over the top for a tax base our size. In these very tough economic times we simply can't afford another publicly funded "private" school."
"Given the current financial situation in the public sector I think it is inappropriate to burden the ICSD taxpayers with a second "public private" school with larger per pupil costs than the regular schools. When things are flush perhaps, but when we are "
"Dupliction of efforts and services to a population that is not being underserved. The reasons that the group has brought forth do not justify the splintering of resources."
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"we can't afford this now."
"We are strongly against the approval of the New Roots Carter School. It is completely unnecessary to have a school like this in the ICSD, and would be a disaster financially to support another school when we cannot support adequately the wonderful schools"
"I agree that this is a very bad time to do this and will certainly cut into funding for essential programs for students in the ICSD."