Withhold Final Approval for New Roots Charter School At This TIme

"With the current, and worsing, economy, and cuts to educational support, it is fiscally irresponsible to start the New Roots Charter School at this time. The community is hard pressed to pay the taxes to support the schools now. Even without New Roots our"

"City of Ithaca"

"As a 14 year old girl at LACS, opening the Charter School will further inhibit my education. Also, quite frankly, I think LACS needs all the funds it can get without another school sucking up the money."

"STOP increasing my TAX BURDEN"

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"SERIOUSLY WE NEED THE MONEY FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!!"

"Sustainability implies that the population, in this case of schools, does not exceed the carrying capacity of the environment. Starting a new school in fiscally strapped, highly taxed, teeny little Ithaca is not only fiscally irresponsible, it's unsustain"

"This charter school will not serve the needs of underserved student populations in ICSD."

"This is not the time to expand educational options in Tompkins County. We should attempt to preserve or improve what we have. The current financial climate begs that we not start this new school right now."

"we are not a district that has been labeled as at risk and we have rich educational resources. in these dire fiscal times, economic resources from the federal and state budget ought to go to those districts with limited resources and at risk schools."

"New Roots School is a worthy idea but at the present time, it would unfairly take away limited resources from many to benefit few."

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"Althought I am all for better education opportunities, I am also for people in Tompkins County having affordable housing and schools not competing for limited funding. Looking at the cost vs benfits to our community,I think that so far this endeavor fails"