OPINION
On the school budget, tax cap and parents’ responsibility
When is too much not enough? This was the question the old Taxpayers Alliance used to ask during school budget formulation.
Where is the outrage?
Where’s the outrage? Five years ago, voters narrowly approved a $79 million school bond that deeply divided our village.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: When private censors stifle important community dialogue
Do you remember the old pre-internet community bulletin board? They had one at the now-closed Stop & Shop in the Glenville (Conn.) shopping center.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Trump’s indictment; media meltdowns; Blind Brook’s budget—angst all around
Was the near debt ceiling debacle at the beginning of the month? It seems like ancient American history right now. I’m following the request of U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith to all American citizens: READ THE INDICTMENT.
From Our Assistant Editor: Vote for the kids, not out of spite
Wow. We’ve been watching the Blind Brook Board of Education spiral for nearly three years now—kind of like a car wreck, it’s been hard to turn away as the theatrics just bring one thing after another.
Letter: Blind Brook school board continues to fail to respond to key issues related to the budget
1) Enrollment since 2015 of 1,531 has been steadily dropping to a reported 1,279 or 19.7%. Why has instructional staffing stayed roughly the same this entire time and possibly increasing?
Letter: B.B. budget addresses educational challenges
As we approach the June 20 re-vote for the Blind Brook 2023-2024 budget, we would like to communicate our support of the proposed budget, especially the following goals to be funded through the Pupil Services and Elementary School budget lines:
Letter: Supervisor’s arguments could be misleading
We write to respond to Rye Town Supervisor Gary Zuckerman's June 7 letter to the editor headlined “Increased spending is major factor leading to higher property taxes.” While we do not contest the facts cited by Supervisor Zuckerman, we believe that some of his arguments lacked context and could therefore …
Letter: Voicing an opinion should not result in personal attacks
I didn’t realize that at age 52 I’d still be naïve to certain things. I believed that all the chaos I saw online about altercations at school board meetings were something that happened elsewhere, not in Rye Brook. I thought that we lived in a community of educated people, and …
Letter: Revised B.B. school budget the only viable option; vote ‘yes’
As leaders of the Blind Brook PTA and the Blind Brook-Rye Federation of Teachers, we write to you today with an urgent call to action. On June 20 at the Bruno M. Ponterio Ridge Street School, we encourage all eligible voters to cast their ballots and vote "yes" in the …
