The meeting will be in both English and Spanish. Parents of students who are failing or dropping out are not bringing their complaints to board meetings. East Ramapo is a hot topic once again. The community is not monolithic. They spent millions of dollars from the children’s education funds in their misguided effort to prevent the parents of those children from having voting rights. For any other district, this would have been an even trade, but of course not for East Ramapo. These are all important parts of any educational system. There are still too many people who don’t see all children as OUR children, and say “why should I pay for someone else’s child?”. Remembering Coach Kevin Feeney We need for all residents to feel that they have a voice in the process. 1. This is an all mail vote. Even so, objective measures that look at the fate of every student are absolutely essential. Ballots have begun to arrive in people’s mailboxes. Another counsel which had been approached by the board to do this work responded that “…it is our opinion that a board of education’s directive to place a child in a setting contrary to that proposed by a district’s CSE (Committee on Special Education) … may rise to the level of an inappropriate gift of public monies.”. In This Issue: School board members come from many backgrounds. Judge Accuses Board President of Lying on the Stand. This task had nothing to do with the Psychology material or homework assignments for class. 2. Or did he make sure that Gov. Please download the petitions, print and sign (all four pages please), and return via USPS to: East Ramapo Campaign, 10 Garden Pl, Spring Valley NY 10977. The use of this religious legal term is analyzed and explained by Philologos in the Jewish Daily Forward. The NYCLU has taken action to protect rights of minority voters in East Ramapo under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Candidates Forum. Viewing others’ beliefs as inferior invariably leads to viewing other people as inferior. Cuomo could say he did ‘something’ about East Ramapo without angering his ultra-Orthodox supporters? The legacy belongs equally to all human beings. East Ramapo also has a monitor, because the school board has had its own agenda which was not the official plan. More details are available on the Marching Band Facebook page. If the district is not addressing the skyrocketing costs of gender-segregated and courtesy busing for non-public schools, its not because they can’t. The scale spans the limits of the known universe (for 1977) down to the limits of subatomic measures, while centering around the human level of 1 meter. The candidates who were part of the 2020 campaign but who have graciously steeped back for the sake of unity in our community are. Please keep in mind that our children need us! Closing Arguments Tuesday; How to Listen Live! We need to expect that every child in our district will have equal opportunity and similar outcomes to children in neighboring districts. Where: Finklestein Library, 3rd Floor Fielding Room, RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/614361522351251/, Power of Ten Update 3. It is encouraging to know that there has been some increase in essential staff. 300 Quarropas St, White Plains, NY 10601, The judge is Cathy Seibel. In 2010 the school board voted to close Hillcrest elementary school as well. And, indeed, even the new interim superintendent was not made aware of this cut to the public school budget when he came onboard in September. Really, the state doesn’t need to “take over” our district because it already oversees it—and always has. The new schedule will mean more crowded buses and longer transit times. General’s office. Wear your most comfortable shoes and your warmest smile! The primary focus of this board is advancing the cause of the yeshivas and the real estate investors. In This Issue: Loathing of “The Other”. I will then guide each student through the entire college application process by providing them with help creating a list of safety, target, and reach colleges to apply to, SAT/ACT prep, college essay critiques and feedback, assistance with filling out the FAFSA, and resume reviews, and college interview prep. I reported my research on underutilized polling places to the board. You will find not only this year’s data, but also previous years. If you would like to keep up with the latest, you might want to join the Power of Ten Facebook group. The impact has been most damaging to those who were most vulnerable. In 2011, the Journal News reported on millions of dollars of textbooks that were unaccounted for: In November 2017, the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the East Ramapo Central School District for denying Black and Latino residents an equal opportunity to elect school board candidates of their choice. 1. Rodef is an ancient Jewish legal term which justifies killing as a defense. 1. Additionally, the students will appreciate the effectiveness of the area model when multiplying by applying power of ten principles. Thanks to the NAACP, NYCLU, and Latham and Watkins there will be a Ward vote. This year, cost-cutting measures were taken (for public school students only) that maximized the number of children on a bus. Please participate in this process by filling out the survey and coming to a forum. On both of these issues, the Democratic-led Assembly has delivered. The deadline to submit for this year is coming up! Mr. Walcott had some help, and they did some original research and, The IDC is a group of Democrats that don’t support the Democratic choice for president of the Senate. Opponents of Education can only win by using a divide and conquer strategy. This means there will be a school board election using the ward system this year. In This Issue: The lobbyists, the lawyers, the yeshiva association and the school board president can fool some of the people some of the time, but they cannot fool all the people all the time. Power of Ten Update Student Essay: A Proud Product of the East Ramapo Central School District, 1) East Ramapo Activist Succumbs to COVID-19. They have never discussed solutions for the long term systemic problems. Upcoming Community Events. There will also be volunteer opportunities. Power of Ten Update – and the school board, rather than cooperate and assist law enforcement, voted to obstruct the investigation and to protect the thief! An appeal has been filed with the commissioner to void the contract. Every one of us shares in the duty of executor of this greatest inheritance. Make you sit down and think. Please check out the questionnaire and attend one or both of our upcoming forums. If you have not received a ballot, you may want to contact the district for further instructions. The board then proceeded to sell the school through a bidding process, with a high bid of $3.1 million coming from Yeshiva Avir Yakov of New Square. Year after year, the state education department has reported that graduation rates are unacceptably low, that students are dropping out, that funds are misspent, and that school governance is dysfunctional. The appraiser in Hillcrest Elementary sale scandal was arrested for grand larceny and filing a false instrument. The parenting workshops will promote helpful parenting skills to help guide while raising their youths. Washington Sanchez was always ready to work for justice in East Ramapo. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is calling on NYSED and Gov. Special Edition: NAACP Prevails! Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. A funeral service will be held at the same location on Monday, October 28 at 10:00 AM. In his report “Opportunity Deferred“, Dennis Walcott (former NYC School Chancellor, assigned by NY State to monitor East Ramapo) recommended that “an independent monitor” should review underused polling sites and identify new sites for the 2016 election to ensure greater accessibility to voting locations”. Phone Bank Opportunity To avoid $4 million in severe cuts to our children’s educational resources, Strong East Ramapo strongly urges a re-vote! 3. Rockland County Courthouse Over the past several years it has been reported many times that there are too many students not doing well in East Ramapo. The mission of the Cola-Faroul Mentorship and Scholarship Program is to demystify the college application process for promising East Ramapo students who may not have attended college without the support of the scholarship. Governor Cuomo deserves the lion’s share of the blame. You can submit your story to Power of Ten, and it will be used to create a report. Yet, up to now, New York State has offered little more than “oversight, guidance, and technical assistance”. Power of Ten Update The trial has begun to have all the excitement of a TV courtroom drama. from 9:30 am – about 2:30 pm, The address is: This year two very strong and passionate individuals are asking for your support to become members of the East Ramapo school board. An appeal has been filed with the commissioner to void the contract. The October 28th meeting will take place at Rockland Community College (RCC) Technical Center, Ellipse, (6:30 p.m.) We hope to develop an action plan supporting legislation similar to Hempstead’s; and to advocate for a state-appointed task force/commission to develop a model of governance for East Ramapo, and similar districts, reflecting Mr. Greenberg’s plea for governance reform. In This Issue: Those are the types of educators that are present in the district—those that want to see their students succeed, believe in their students’ abilities, and will work with students to make their dreams become realities. Clearly, the power-sharing system imposed by the state takeover ordered by Governor Cuomo in 2014 has been a failure for the children of the district. The school board continues to falsely claim it cannot address the skyrocketing costs of gender-segregated and courtesy busing for non-public schools. MLK Day Event at Ramapo High School Details and RSVP HERE, donation info and donate online HERE. 106941 views. You can find a complete rundown of all the offices and candidates on the Journal News website here: https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/19/election-2018-candidates-ballot-voting-ny-westchester-rockland-putnam/1656630002/, More info about the election is available from Preserve Ramapo at: http://preserve-ramapo.com/, Power of Ten Update 2. I wrote my Public Policy Capstone on this case. Their mission is not to advance the status quo. In the. If you have not yet voted, the last chance will be Tuesday, Nov 3, at your regular polling location. While Mr. Greenberg served as the state’s representative, the two schools whose sale had been blocked by local activists were sold again at pennies on the dollar. The NYS Comptroller has released a report that finds that East Ramapo has been paying yeshivas to bus students without documentation that they attend school or even exist. Accusations of “anti-Semite” or “bloc-puppet” have become part of the political dialogue. Therefore, the associated state aid would be reduced by about $3.45 million, leaving only $1.15 million savings to the district. Will a 6:15 AM bus stop time increase our already unacceptable drop-out rate? This was done over the objections of the superintendent and the president of the school board. As a matter of fact, in my first year at Brown, I conducted graduate level research and was one of the first students to present that research at the, Special Edition: The Story of The Sale of Hillcrest Elementary. The final section of the report is mildly labelled “concerns”. 5.NBT.A.2 Writing for “The Progressive” magazine, Jake Jacobs illustrates the connection between those who oppose education in both private and public settings. To vote in a party primary election, you need to be a member of that party. Legal Services of the Hudson Valley will be holding a Spanish virtual presentation on Child Advocacy and Special Education , “Conozca Sus Derechos Abogacia Y Educacion Especial Infantil”. Over the years, there have been hundreds of complaints from parents and students, reports of mismanagement and corruption from administrators, board members, state agencies, major media, and appointed monitors. Attendees are invited to submit written suggestions and recommendations regarding governance reform, the evening of or before meeting to: 3) Extended Reading: Righteous Incivility. I didn’t win a seat on the board, but I did well for Wesley Hills with 759 votes. There are many more things happening in East Ramapo than are reported in this newsletter. The NY State Supreme Court has reversed an action taken in 2014 by the East Ramapo school board. These include failed budgets, impending financial collapse and massive cuts to essential programs. Federal Building and Courthouse This is not the last we will hear of this. 1. Thank you to everyone who voted in Tuesday’s election — and of course to our amazing candidates for putting themselves out there. Dr. G has the skill set to solve the problem so let us support him. In November 2017, the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the East Ramapo Central School District for denying Black and Latino residents an equal opportunity to elect school board candidates of their choice. graduate. The community experienced the highest rates of illness, death, food insecurity and academic slide due to school closures. Power of Ten Update There are also many children in East Ramapo’s yeshiva system of religious schools who have not been getting the education which is their civil right under the NY State Constitution. 0% average accuracy. In This Issue: At every step, and quite ironically, they excluded board members of color in forming their answer that ‘no, we don’t exclude people of color’. 2. We also provide continuity from year to year, helping candidates with the logistics of running a campaign.This year we are getting a late start and it is extra important that you make this event on Thursday. The author equates providing education with stabbing a knife into a baby, and uses the term “Rodef” in his analogy. False accusations of anti-Semitism are disrespectful to those harmed by attacks on education, and they are disrespectful to all Jewish people. Will anyone be held accountable? NYSED is certainly a close second. He will be our next Congressman with your help. These are The Invisible Ones. Dr. Giamartino discovered the problem after using his skill set to examine the books. It cannot and should not be undone at the 11, You can help to defend the rights of all children to equivalent education by, The Spring Valley NAACP has been in the forefront of the fight for improved education in East Ramapo public schools. They did this often in the most difficult of circumstances, overcoming war and oppression and ignorance. The costs are high because the school board refused to negotiate a settlement. The reason for this embarrassment is lack of political will. Budget Re-vote Fails Or maybe you might be interested yourself? We have three very inspiring people who are running for school board this year! You can learn about who they are and what they stand for on their website: I want to thank you for so many things that I don’t know where to start? In contrast to the Senate’s 2015 rejection of Mr. Greenberg’s recommendation for East Ramapo, Hempstead monitors will be granted authority to override unreasonable decisions made by the Hempstead school board and administration (veto power). It’s a kind of passive version of “an eye for an eye”, but the result is the same – the whole world goes blind. East Ramapo School Elections Violate Voting Rights, Suit Claims, East Ramapo parents’ lawsuit: Election system stacked vs. minorities, A Heavy Blow to One of America’s Most Controversial School Boards, with the exception of three school board supporters, I reported my research on underutilized polling places, Power of Ten stands in solidarity with YAFFED, this report from a student who was disciplined, https://medium.com/@hasidicmom/a-mothers-plea-to-mayor-de-blasio-c342e52cc319, https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/534/a-not-so-simple-majority, filed reports that indicated the situation for students was even worse than previously thought, this two-minute video clip from George Farran, one of our outstanding volunteers who addressed the board POWERFULLY this past week, improved fund balance and improved reports from auditors and comptroller. The only person ever punished for the fraud associated with the sale of the school was the appraiser. Elections can have an impact on the quality of education in our schools. The judge also found that “the Board of Education has engaged in a persistent pattern of deliberate violations of the letter and spirit of the Open Meetings Law”. Carole will hold this seat until the next election, which has been indefinitely postponed due to the pandemic. Truer words have never been spoken! Vivian Street is running for Rockland County Legislature in District 13. With so many ways to vote, even though we are in the middle of a pandemic, everyone can cast a ballot. Another hallmark of racist mindset would be to claim that you know, better than they do. Charles L. Brieant Jr. At this point, we collected all the relevant documents and sent them off to the Public Integrity Unit of the New York State Atty. Poster and Poetry Contest for all 1st – 12th grade students in Rockland County. When: Tuesday, Feb 6 at 7:00 PM 1. For Mayor, Emilia White (my better half), for Trustee Chevon DosReis and Eustache Clerveaux. 1. As Rockland’s County’s third largest food bank, the Center is on track to distribute 400,000 pounds of food; • Health services such as last spring’s COVID testing site, on-going Red Cross blood drives and a range of free medical services for the community; • Modified summer and after school academic and cultural programs for children. Jamaican Civic & Cultural Association of Rockland, Inc. (JAMCCAR) Celebrates Women’s History Month with a group of dynamic women! It is the same crisis which has plagued humanity for thousands of years. There you will see many posts about happenings in the district, including the many wonderful events put on by the students. Naftuli Moster – Executive Director, Yaffed, Register on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Zha5RMfyRv21-nhAz5W81w, Link to view Part 1: https://youtu.be/Bh7nRm_paQo, 2) Cola-Faroul Mentorship & Scholarship Program. Knowing the tremendous impact that lack of preschool education is having, the district (and the monitors) should be addressing this issue, starting by stating publicly that it is a problem and proposing plans to address it. These white neighborhoods are mainly ultra-Orthodox Jewish, and send their children to private religious schools. NYCLU calls for State Intervention I have been a resident of Chestnut Ridge for 25 years and I have taught in schools districts in New York City so I understand the value of public education for all student. We cannot afford to turn away Alienation cannot be reversed by guilt trips. According to reports in ultra-Orthodox media, Power of Ten Readers will remember that earlier this year, Governor Cuomo did, However, his spokesperson would not confirm or deny whether Cuomo made the comments to the Grand Rebbe, and the Governor told, 1. East Ramapo graduate, And of course, no elected official has done more for oversight of the East Ramapo public schools and no one has been attacked more ferociously by the private school lobby than, Public records obtained by Power of Ten revealed that many non-public schools in East Ramapo. Balancing all of the relevant factors, I find that Plaintiffs have convincingly proven their case of vote dilution … The at-large system of electing the Board of Education of the East Ramapo Central School District affords black and Latino residents “less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice … in that it “thwarts a distinctive minority vote by submerging it in larger white voting population,” … the challenged practice “has operated to invidiously exclude blacks [and Latinos] from effective participation in political life in violation of Section 2 … Plaintiffs have proven that the at-large method of electing Board members in the District violates Section 2 of the VRA and that they are thus entitled to full relief. Featuring Music by Spyro Gyra’s Jeremy Wall and Motherland Rhythms’ Arthur Lorde 2. The Board of Education will be meeting on Tuesday August 8 at 7:30, at 105 S. Madison Ave in Spring Valley. When state tests are administered, the results are abysmal. This American Life Revisits East Ramapo. Children who entered Kindergarten in the 2008-9 school year will have spent their entire educational experience under this system of 21st Century Jim Crow. graduated from East Ramapo went on to to Stanford University and Harvard Law School. You can see his speech to the board on Antonio Luciano’s YouTube Channel: The show was updated and rebroadcast this week. If you have not received a ballot, you may want to contact the district for further instructions. In This Issue: This will mean disruptions to children’s lives –  not just their educational experience in the middle of the school year but also their emotional support network in the middle of the pandemic. 2. In East Ramapo, thousands of students attend schools that deliberately fail to teach the NY State required curriculum. He was also a strong advocate for quality public education for the children of East Ramapo. In This Issue: It appears that the district is going to go through with the changes to the school schedules. The schools in ER didn’t get to where they are now overnight; thus, change isn’t going to happen overnight. Power of Ten Update Many people have never gotten a ballot. Please come, and be ready with questions! 2) Janusz Korczak Conference: Legacy, Pedagogy, Children’s Rights. We received a lot of good questions and feedback from the audience and the audience feedback was used to put together this year’s team. In This Issue: 2. February 23 Forum Cancelled, The Journal News: Judge sets up trial about East Ramapo voting that could alter how school board is elected, Tuesday, February 11 through Friday, February 21  Miner will be visiting Rockland this Wednesday evening, Oct. 17th, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Suffern for a “Meet and Greet Reception.” All are welcome. The difference was several hundred thousand dollars. If you have not, please call the district clerk at 845-577-6015. If you have not already voted by absentee or early voting, this is your last chance! Loathing of “The Other”. Sometimes it is action taken by County Executive Ed Day to enforce fire and safety codes in schools. A large part of this money is in. So, we are asking you to take a few minutes on Tuesday, and vote YES for the budget. Starting about two or three hundred years ago, the idea of tolerance became more or less popular. Here in East Ramapo, the racial divide is a chasm. Power of Ten Facebook Group Special Guests: Eric Goodwin and Ashley Leveille, candidates for school board in the East Ramapo School District, will describe the latest on public education there, local forces at work, and what people are doing to fight for educational rights. In This Issue: In This Issue: Many did have a POSITIVE experience. It is time to refocus our attention on this goal, by any means necessary. 2) Power of Ten Publisher Featured in Podcast. At a recent East Ramapo school board meeting, a father, Yoel Falkowitz, talks about the lack of education in the Hasidic boys yeshivas. Being upset about attacks on education by ultra-orthodox Jews is not an excuse for saying things which make Jewish people, including ultra-orthodox Jewish people, feel uncomfortable. How Schools Are Responding to Migrant Children. In fact, there is very extensive contact with East Ramapo public school families, many of whom work in homes, schools and stores in New Square and Monsey. Much of the housing in the poorest sections where people of color are the majority is owned by white landlords who maximize their profits by illegally overcrowding and neglecting maintenance. Every voter should have received a ballot in the mail by now. NY State Education Department now has to answer Mr. Deen’s question, or else change their mission statement to read: “raise the knowledge, skill, and opportunity of some of the people in New York”, Our candidates for East Ramapo school board are taking to the street, every weekend, to meet our neighbors and talk about the upcoming budget and board election. You are a Power of Ten reader – that means you understand that indifference is not an option. As we commemorate 5 years since the violence perpetrated against Malala Yousafzai for standing up for the rights of Pakistani girls to an education, we are reminded that education activists in NY are not immune from enduring violence, or the threat thereof, at the hands of extremists. Student Essay: A Proud Product of the East Ramapo Central School District. Details on the district website https://www.ercsd.org/. Then a “board member” sent Mr. Vardi’s contact information to the board attorney who hired him on behalf of the school district to produce this appraisal. School Board President Grossman has sworn an oath to execute the duties of a school board member, duties which include ensuring that students enrolled in non-public schools receive an education which is at least “substantially equivalent” to the education in public schools. According to The Forward, Judge Seibel has accused School Board President Grossman of Lying on the Stand! The money is distributed through the states, and then on to the schools. 2. Yes, you read right. The school board, used to getting its way by raiding millions of dollars of education funds to pay for high priced lawyers, was finally fighting someone their own size. Please share this news and invite your contacts to sign up to receive the Power of Ten Newsletter (form is on the website) so they can get the news directly. 2. There is a very important vote for ERCSD trustees on February 2nd. 1. This is just the latest in a long series of legal misadventures that our rogue school board has embarked on since they abruptly switched from their competent and long-serving local law firm of Greenberg Wanderman & Fromson. All of these candidates can be found on the Democratic line, but not every candidate on that line supports quality education for all. Parents and children around the world are fighting for better education. Has the curriculum been “aligned”? Teachers encourage students to identify problems in their communities and to seek ways to address them. Historian and Professor of Education Alan Singer writes in his latest blog post that the decision by the East Ramapo school board to lease buildings for private summer camps is only the latest example of their unequal treatment of children in the district. It doesn’t have to be this way. The school board fought these changes tooth and nail, just as they fought the NYS Education Department’s oversight of illegal special education placements and the NY Attorney General’s criminal investigation into fraud in the sale of the Hillcrest elementary school. Voting Information Event 2:30pm—4:00pm Life Skills Enrichment for ages 11 and older, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 Carole Anderson Appointed to School Board, 3. Please fill out the district’s survey here. The bids came in in July with a high bid of $3.1 million, and within two weeks the board obtained a second appraisal for – wait for It – $3.2 million. Thanks to all of those who came out and voted, we now have a new school board member!
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