This week's question:     

A state redistricting proposal released last week would divide St. Lawrence County into four Assembly Districts. “Do you feel it is right to break up St. Lawrence County into four Assembly districts?”

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Last week's question:

State aid to four St. Lawrence Central school districts would be reduced but other local districts would see an increase under Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget. "Do you feel county schools are getting their 'fair share' of funding under Cuomo's plan?" 

63.4% -- No
24.9% -- Yes
11.7% -- It depends

Total responses: 273
Total comments: 105

Here are your comments:

Encourage our legislators to ask for more funding for schools up here.

1/30/2012 10:14 AM

If one of the four is Canton, then great!! Just raise taxes to cover it, I love paying taxes for sports and all the other useless crap in that school!!!

1/30/2012 10:00 AM

I think they are getting too much!

1/30/2012 7:47 AM

I don’t agree with the budget cuts to ANY schools. I think it's terrible for Gov. Cuomo to do this.

1/30/2012 7:33 AM

Reduce the teachers salaries

1/30/2012 7:07 AM

What’s fair about anything in New York State. This State outside of the Adirondacks Sucks. Highest taxes in the U.S. . Cuomo is trying to force the smaller schools to merge . He apparently thinks small schools are wasting their precious gambling money. .

1/29/2012 9:26 PM

Not at all. The formula used needs to be revamped. Sometimes I think the state is doing it on purpose to force small schools to merge. That is not an effective plan for our rural area.

1/29/2012 8:28 PM

More Red Meat for the REMF crew. Here we go, to summarize the lemmings: all the unions fault and teachers and administrators and that Obama guy. There. That sums up the talking points for the Clown car entry.

1/29/2012 7:31 PM

His plan does not address poorer districts in terms of inequities...

1/29/2012 5:33 PM

It depends on where they will be putting their state aid. If it is on unnecessary courses and activities then their aid should not be any more than any other school. The aid should be going to every school equally right across the board. Schools should cut the fluff out of the curriculum and only go with what is necessary and let the tech schools train those who are not planning to go on to college. Give more aid to the tech schools because they are training the children to go out into the work force right out of high school. The college bound will be trained and educated in their courses in college. Let the colleges pick up the cost for that in their tuition. The north country schools should be given the same importance that the downstate schools are given. No school is better than the other as far as state aid is concerned. Every child is deserving of a good education and training..

1/29/2012 11:59 AM

I believe the schools waste way to much money. The schools are twice the size of when I want to school with enrollment the same or less now days.

1/29/2012 10:28 AM

maybe some of the money Cuomo set aside to buy land, should of been used towards school aid l

1/29/2012 9:26 AM

Upper class neighborhood schools have had higher per student funding for at least the last 50 years.

1/29/2012 7:53 AM

Absolutely NOT! Canton Central is only one of the north country schools that has been short-changed. Many cuts last year, and now, with the state aid formula not representing true need, funding cuts and job loss will be even more drastic in the coming year. Our children are the leaders of tomorrow. Their futures are at risk. Government needs to look closely how their funding cuts affect everyone’s future.

1/28/2012 7:48 PM

Shared services between school districts is good, but, consolidation is and may be the only answer to solving many of our schools budget problems.

1/28/2012 5:48 PM

There are more people/votes in the down state region, ie. That is where the votes are, and that is where the money goes.

1/28/2012 4:53 PM

Lets put more money aside to buy land and less to the schools. Way to go Cuomo!

1/28/2012 4:07 PM

Schools in this area cannot afford any cuts. It's nice to see that most school's are getting increases, but why are these 4 getting less?? It's the kids of this county that are going to be losing out. No wonder young people are trying to get out of the area as soon as they graduate. What incentive do they have to stay? It's apparent that most of the state feels that the North Country is an expendable region...as long as the wealthy and New York City are taken care of, the heck with everyone else!

1/28/2012 1:44 PM

how much do New York city schools get? a lot more than upstate New York I’ll bet /

1/28/2012 1:19 PM

The state should aid on a flat price per kid to every district in the state. This should cover buses, building , and education. Anything the districts want to spend after that amount should be raised locally. Take the politics out of the aid and focus on education and real needs. There will be poorer district in the state and richer ones but it is all based on local situations. Then let kids transfer to a school of their wishes and take the state aid with them. This business of one district getting more state aid than another is totally politics and a bunch of bull.

1/28/2012 1:02 PM

Nothing in this area gets a fair amount of funding. The state is too busy bleeding us dry for the City. I wish we could push NYC into the Ocean where it could be it's own state. The residents wouldn't notice - they all ready think they are. The only thing Albany wants for the North Country is a place to send their criminals and their garbage.

1/28/2012 10:19 AM

Of course not! Money begets Money....and since we don't have any, let's just pretend we don't exist and hope we just go away.... :(

1/28/2012 7:58 AM

To much now.. Close all schools and let the home schooling begin. The system is broken and taxes are to high now, We can be learning at home instead of school,, Hello, we do have video games and Health TV too..

1/28/2012 4:44 AM

I think if the use of computers in the schools by teachers and other staff members should be monitored. There are too many school employees that spend WAY too much time on their computers either shopping, chatting, sending inappropriate e-mails etc. The employees are paid quite well for their services and I feel they should devote all of their time while at work to the students and not enjoying their computer time so much. Perhaps if this was done there would not need to be such a need for all of these teacher aides, teacher assistants and monitors. Because remember for all of these full time employees they all receive very good medical insurance as well as their pay, and all of these extra employees add up to more tax dollars being spent.

1/28/2012 12:38 AM

Schools cost too much, now, for what we get out of them. It's moronic to require a master's degree to teach elementary or high school. It's criminal how grossly we overpay our administrators. And all the money we urinate away on technology is obscene. People got a better education when educators with a vocation, instead of a career, spent lots of time with students and books. Obviously the way we teach now is not as good, because the product being turned out is so much worse.

1/27/2012 6:51 PM

typical north country politics

1/27/2012 6:06 PM

DON'T GET ME STARTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think the schools need to make cuts. Not to education . Schools are supposed to EDUCATE students not ENTERTAIN them. And get rid of the DAY-CARE service provided, known as PRE-K .

1/27/2012 4:35 PM

We should be focusing less on how much state aid we get and more on good paying jobs. If NYS wasn't so business unfriendly folks may have more and better paying jobs and then running the schools wouldn't as much of a headache as they are now. Can't chase all the jobs out of this state and country and then stand around wondering why there isn't enough money to go around for services...

1/27/2012 2:57 PM

Schools are a business. They must be run within their means.

1/27/2012 2:46 PM

"Fair share" went away years ago when funding was taken away from many areas mandated by the state, thus leaving many with real problems to figure out how to pay for them. Cuomo is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

1/27/2012 12:31 AM

I feel that teachers are getting all the blame and it is not just or fair.

1/27/2012 9:53 AM

Despite the information from the budget report, our area schools are still behind the curve as compared to the rest of the state. Costs are increasing in every school so even if their state aid stays the same or increases slightly, they will still have a budget deficit. To have the State Ed Dept. require so many unfunded mandates, across the board tests and other ridiculous demands without the monetary support needed is ludicrous. Administrators, teachers, support staff and services are all being cut. No one is immune. Communities are turning on each other in the time they need to band together the most. In the end, it is the children are who will pay the price. The entire state of NY is not treated equally. It is criminal that the people with the power to change things can't or won't see what is really going on. All children have the right to a sound and free public education including those living in NNY.

1/27/2012 9:14 AM

These schools are getting more than they should. It is time to consolidate. I am sick of hearing about these schools and lack of money. You certainly could not run your own finances like they do. Oh I have an idea, lets raise school and property taxes! How bout that, an easy fix. .

1/27/2012 7:17 AM

Unfortunately, the North Country never gets its fair share from the state.

1/26/2012 10:00 PM

It doesn't matter how much they get! They'll still raise our school taxes 2-10% anyway. Norwood voted on a 5.4% last year but with the cap on STAR, it turned out to be 13.2% NNCS received over $600,000 in increased aid for next year and they are starting to cry already.... boo hoo.

1/26/2012 7:47 PM

When I went to school we didn't have any New World Order telling us where to spend our money and we didn't have no federal reserve neither. If Ron Paul was governor we wouldn’t gave none of this talk of gimme money so my kid can learn French or math or nothing. We had to make our own way in this crazy world and the Government didn't tell us we couldn't smoke pot or burn plastic. Ron Paul is the only candidate who will end the fed and put us on the gold standard so we aren't going to need no money from your so called Governor Cuomo. In conclusion I want to say that Ron Paul is the only candidate who was born in the USA, and he will make sure that NO school district will get any more than any other district because he has read the constitution and he knows that the founding fathers would want no schools to get money. So think about that when the Israeli lobby us making you pay illegal school taxes and that's just NOT in the bill of rights, more like the bill of wrongs! So no school taxes to anyone and don't vote for no UN.

1/26/2012 6:46 PM

more than enough

1/26/2012 6:00 PM

Despite the of lack a 'fair share', there are many things the county residents can do. There are many retired teachers, cops and police chiefs, county employees (CSEA), and other state retirees who are still effectively on the taxpayer dollar, who can put some effort into making the county a better place. As all civil service jobs are legacy appointments (from hire to death) this is as good a time to as any to give back, "a rising tide lifts ALL boats."

1/26/2012 5:53 PM

Unfortunately, NONE of the schools in St. Lawrence County are getting their "fair share" of funding. It is very difficult to understand exactly how it is figured, but when explained you will see the wealthier schools are receiving much more aid than the needier schools. Please, think of our students. They are the ones who are going to suffer in the long run. If we want to provide an excellent education to our kids, we need funding in this area. The teachers in our area spend an unbelievable amount of their own money toward supplies to enrich our students. How many people willingly spend their own money to improve the company they work for? Talk to any teacher and you will hear just how much our teachers invest in the students of St. Lawrence County. That money should be coming back from the New York State government!!

1/26/2012 5:53 PM

This is the man that gives himself a raise and then says look people IM going to reduce my pay N.Y. Do you really think Como is going to be fair?

1/26/2012 5:47 PM

As a property owner this is a catch 22. Either they provide more state aid at taxpayer expense or property tax increases at the expense of property owners. The problem here is property owners are on the hook twice. Either way this state continues to place undo burdens on the property owner. The so-called tax cap does nothing to help the property owner as counties then place the burden on the property owner as we've seen play out in the county legislature. Now you know why property owners are selling or being foreclosed. It is because state taxes and over regulation drives them out. Where do you think the state aid comes from, the state? The only money the state has is what it unfairly takes from us. Hold your representatives accountable. Flush the System!

1/26/2012 4:37 PM

Define what "fair" means?

1/26/2012 4:28 PM

Hard to compete with big schools in big cities with representative in the right party (democratic) maybe if Patty Ritchie did more than pose for pictures that make her look like she is doing something and actually got legislating things would be better, doubtful though.

1/26/2012 1:30 PM

I think it's time the teachers started paying for their Health Insurance, and consider going several years without a raise in their already adequate salaries

1/26/2012 8:29 AM

The President and the Governor have turned funding education into a kind of reality game show – we are playing “Race to the Top” nationally, and creating funding contests at the state level. Both of these approaches imply there will be winners and losers. All students need to be educated, not just those live in the winnings states or the winning districts, or those who live in parts of the state where they are not dependant on state-aid funding to meet budgetary needs. Rural poverty is real and has accelerated in the last few years because of the downturn in the economy. Nationally, the number of homeless children has risen 38 percent from 2007 to 2010. Much of that rise has been in suburban areas, places that we traditionally think of as safe places for families. In fact, what we are experiencing is downward class migration, where large groups of people are slipping down the economic ladder, probably permanently. Polls indicate that many Americans do not think their children will have a better life than they do, for the first time in this country. We are in danger of institutionalizing poverty and low-economic status as a way to qualify for more state aid. Most North Country districts can’t apply for the $250 million in state competitive funding grants Cuomo just announced because they do not qualify as a result of low test scores or too few children from low socioeconomic backgrounds. A budget is a statement about values. The statement this budget initiative makes is very troublesome – it is creating a Race to the Bottom, just to qualify for desperately needed additional funding in poorer districts. We keep trying to fund education by gimmicks and with one-year solutions. That approach is not working and is heading us down a bad, dead-end road. It is time to re-think how we fund our schools. That means not being “fair” to the places that have enough wealth to fully-fund quality education on their own. We spend $16,000 per student in St. Lawrence County, on average; some wealthy districts spent $90,000. It is not “fair” to North Country students to penalize them because of geography.

1/26/2012 5:15 AM

Districts as Potsdam should be labeled high needs. The data NYS uses to determine economic needs is ten years old. The cut off for high needs districts is. 65 and below, Potsdam is .51 yet we don't quality. A high needs label could bring in an additional $2 million. What is Patti Ritchie doing to help???? Time to increase taxes to the top 1%

1/25/2012 11:03 PM

Funding should start at home. Administrative costs are a major portion of school budgets. Teachers need to contribute towards their health insurance premiums.

1/25/2012 10:57 PM

The Governor promised a 4% increase to schools after years of flat aid and last year's draconian cuts. The 4% equals 805 million in new aids. Lo and behold, the Governor pulls 250 million in competitive grants out of the promised amount. He did this last year with 50 million and to this day no one knows where the money went, or even if it was budgeted. And, no one knows if any schools qualified for the $ or were able to receive it. To do so with one third of the scarce new amount available for all education expenses with no details as to criteria or how schools can even qualify for these grants is unconscionable.

1/25/2012 9:38 PM

Consolidation and Closure is needed ASAP. Listen to the typical scare tactics being used...overcrowded classes, lay-offs, long bus rides, no music/art/athletics. We have a teacher and a teacher's aid in ever classroom of 24 students and the students still graduate needing remedial education in college!

1/25/2012 7:32 PM

Andrew Cuomo is a fraud. His education policies are bankrupt. What can you expect fro a person whose entire schooling was in parochial schools. He has no "feel' for public education.

1/25/2012 6:27 PM

poorer schools are being severely punished with MR Cuomo's plan. and in turn whole communities that revolve around that school are being punished too.

1/25/2012 1:39 PM

I suppose firing these over paid superintendents and maybe an unnecessary middle school principal or two with their entourage of secretaries would alleviate the lack of funding, therefore not taking from the student's education and may put a teacher or two back to work. Good idea hey!

1/25/2012 11:27 AM

If school districts in St Lawrence Co would consolidate it will resolve this as well as other issues.

1/25/2012 10:46 AM

actually they are getting too much...time to cut

1/25/2012 10:32 AM

It may be in some areas, but not others,e specially not enough help and services for kids with disabilities or 504 plans, or IEP's.

1/25/2012 8:35 AM

How would we know based on the question. All I have read so far is the Administrators side and you know they are biased.

1/25/2012 7:23 AM

Compared to many inner-city schools, the schools of St. Lawrence County are doing very well. Consider if your school had to have armed guards at the door just to protect your child as they sat at their desks... We need to all start to DO more and ASK FOR less!

1/25/2012 7:10 AM

The state cannot explain the complex system for distributing aid. It's sad when downstate districts can add courses/subjects and upstate rural districts have to cut programs and fire teachers. There has to be a more equitable system developed so that big money districts receive an appropriate smaller amount of aid. The larger share of aid for urban schools should be redistributed so that those districts that have large tax bases received less aid. After all, it is STATE AID and should be given to all in an appropriate allocations.

1/24/2012 7:50 PM

Governor Cuomo has no sense of life in Northern New York, nor of the needs of the people living here, especially our students. Isn't it ironic that he claims to be the advocate for the students, the very people he is hurting with his strictly political rhetoric? Maybe if his daughters attended public schools like those in the North Country he could convince himself to provide adequate funding to ensure the educational opportunities that are allegedly guaranteed by our state constitution. Congratulations to our local school superintendents for their hard work on this matter. Possibly our local legislators can see fit to stand up to our out-of-control governor and fight for their constituents?

1/24/2012 7:23 PM

Who is to define "fair" in the current economic climate? Only one has done that so far. . . Uncle Mario, uh, make that, Uncle Andy . . . Like it or not he is making (virtually) all the decisions. We need to pray a whole lot more.

1/24/2012 7:05 PM

Since when has it been about fair. Govenrment is never fair.

1/24/2012 7:03 PM

I think that the schools need to do a lot of cutting of extracurriculars before they complain about not getting enough money from the state.

1/24/2012 4:20 PM

we never get enough of what we put in… ty nyc for taking all our money for our kids

1/24/2012 3:05 PM

I feel there is so much money wasted on education today. Our schools need to get back to the basics. The whole school aid issue needs to be revamped. We are sending kids all over the county for such ridiculousness. The school is basically a babysitting service for children that probably should not even be in school. We are sending 3 yr. olds to school now and they should still be at home. Let's get real and get down to the basics.

1/24/2012 2:39 PM

I don't know enough about the issue to answer that question intelligently. Sometimes it's important to seize the opportunity to express concerns about other things i.e. Please don't shoot the bobcats! Are they really a problem or is this just to demonstrate what a good marksman you are?

1/24/2012 2:08 PM

The funds should be divided evenly. Why should one district get more funding than the others?

1/24/2012 2:00 PM

it’s all about the kids

1/24/2012 12:57 AM

Gov. Cuomo and many of the voters do not realize how little "fat" there is in the school budgets, as well as the state mandates that take considerable time and money.

1/24/2012 12:36 AM

The Albany and City politicians don't care about the North Country. Write or call your legislators (like Senator Griffo and Ken Blankenbush) ask them to push for equitable funding of North Country schools.

1/24/2012 11:33 AM

Sure. Look at what the school system gets paid, As compared to other workers. In 1968 after coming home from Viet Nan I went to work at ITT Long Lines. The six weeks of training was in front of a touch screen computer. One instructor (teacher) came in once a week for any questions. It worked then. Why not now. Save a lot of money.

1/24/2012 9:02 AM

Some schools get a lot more than they really need they need to start by cutting some of the sports programs .If you wanna play sports pay for it out of your own pockets. They cut out the learning programs like Auto shop, Ag Mechanics home ec .Classes they would help out in the real work ..How many sports players became pros?

1/24/2012 9:00 AM

St. Lawrence Central is hurting the worst, yet has been cut even more!

1/24/2012 8:02 AM

If schools got the funding they're supposed to be getting (like from lottery sales, etc) , school taxes should be going down instead of steadily increasing year after year but then school board members seem to have no idea of the value of the dollar !

1/24/2012 7:45 AM

This is a pretty good question. But with no kids in school I do not follow budget news too closely and don't have a credible opinion.

1/24/2012 7:08 AM

Absolutely is fair, Albany has not made a mistake when it comes to school funding in over 35 years, how could you ask such a question?

1/24/2012 4:57 AM

If all schools were getting a fair share some would not have to raise local taxes so much....just what will they be next year because they did not get what is needed,,,just how much does Cuomo think people up here can spend on taxes and still have something to live on.

1/24/2012 12:56 AM

It is time for major change in how we deliver public education in St. Lawrence county. I think we need to reorganize into a county school system with 3 or 4 regional high schools. It is ludicrous to be paying 18 superintendents to fill out the same forms and 18 sets of administrators. I also propose keeping the elementary schools where they are but through attrition reduce administrative staff throughout the whole system. So many of the county schools lack in so many regards. We need to wake up and give our kids a better education so they can be competitive in the world of work.I think it is more of an issue of how the money is currently being spent. Nothing will be done thought because so many think their school is the best little school the state. That kind of thinking is going to insure we maintain the status quo. We should also consider funding schools with an income tax rather than property taxes. Property isn't a real measure of wealth today.

1/23/2012 10:04 PM

Absolutely not, the governor and State Education Dept. are forcing north country schools to merge. They are making impossible for schools to stay in business.

1/23/2012 9:05 PM

Are you referring to local county schools ? Or NY City schools? Schools get state aid for every child in attendance. If they want more money, they should keep kids in school until graduation and not let them leave at 16. That would be there way to go around not getting money they think they want.

1/23/2012 9:01 PM

St. Lawrence Central is so broke they had to beg Albany for aid

1/23/2012 7:46 PM

I think as usual schools downstate get the lions share of the funding, i still think NYC and Long Island ought to be a separate state, let them stew in their own troubles and not make us pay for their problems

1/23/2012 7:08 PM

The Gov. wants regional schools and that will be the only way to survive under the present system!

1/23/2012 6:39 PM

Don't know what schools in other counties are receiving for state aid.

1/23/2012 6:12 PM

SLC schools have overspent and overtaxed the property owner for decades. Time to get lean and live within a reasonable budget. Stop these schools from being an employment center instead of an education facility.

1/23/2012 5:58 PM

yes they are getting their fair share...and they have for year....

1/23/2012 5:13 PM

It is wrong to have the person tracking expenses supervised by Superintendents and it has being proven over and over superintendents do not know how to spend they have degrees in Education NOT finance and Business and education IS a business! SHARED SUPERINTENDANTS IS NEEDED! Look at the crap in Edward Knox, Norwood- Norfolk, and Massena with the disrespect for teachers, staff and children from Supers. Time SOS ( _ _ _ _ can Our Superintendents at EKCS, NNCS, MHS!

1/23/2012 2:25 PM

public education these days is a joke due to the bureaucracy, its no longer about education its about standardization

1/23/2012 2:18 PM

All school districts should be cut. The cost of education is approaching the insane level. Cut their funding and give those of us that have property a break on taxes. Cut the teacher salaries and benefits. They only really work a partial year anyway. No more useless programs, sports, field trips until they bring their costs down. Tie school funding to a sales tax instead of a property tax. This would allow ALL to contribute to education. The people who rent do not contribute, yet they seem to be the people with all the children. I have no children and I should not be responsible for their education, while a neighbor (5 kids) doesn't pay at all. Not Fair

1/23/2012 2:17 PM

Not sufficient information on which districts will be reduced and which will be increased and why; what their budgets are etc.

1/23/2012 2:08 PM

There are too many freakin' schools up here!! Graduating classes of 28 or 35 or 45 kids. Give me a break! Consolidate and get rid of high-priced administrators. Hire more bus drivers and buy more buses to transport kids from the tiny "poor" districts to larger ones 20 miles down the road. Get more efficient by eliminating teachers' aides and bus monitors. This stuff is out of control and the psychologists are having a field day diagnosing every other kid with a learning disability or some other reason why he/she can follows rules, sit in a chair and do some work!

1/23/2012 1:22 PM

NO................Government doesn't even know SLC exists.

1/23/2012 1:14 PM

Our so called representatives in Albany don't realize that New York State goes further north than their lovely city. There are some very large school districts in Upstate New York because of the rural area and I think the funding should definitely be more equitable.

1/23/2012 1:13 PM

ABSOLUTELY NOT........HOW ARE SCHOOLS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE!!!

1/23/2012 12:49 AM

Years ago schools had a certain amount of money and stayed within their budget. Today the schools spend endlessly and then increase their budget to cover their spending.

1/23/2012 12:34 AM

Is this really even a question? I sure would hope that every single bit of the public would know that the poorer districts throughout the area are able to exist only by the amount of aid that is received from the state. You would have to see tax increases upward of 50% to keep these schools open with out it. People are quick to tout education reform. when the problem goes much deeper than that. We need family and parenting reform!

1/23/2012 12:27 AM

The more important question is this: Are taxpayers and the society in general getting a optimal Return on the Investment made in Education in NYS? . Are all programs justifiable in terms of outcomes?

1/23/2012 12:25 AM

I would want to see the reasons why there would be a reduction. Are there less students in the district. ?? Have they been wasting monies given prior on non-neccessities like after school activities that in this day and age don't support the whole student body. Are they frugal with the after hour use of the building when heat and lights could be reduced. Are they actively looking at ways to reduce heating costs that the state is made aware of. As a whole I don't think the North Country is looked upon as part of New York. We are greatly overlooked in all avenues of the state government. I believe mostly because we are not a proactive County enough in attracting people here and if there aren’t people how can we expect the State to pour more monies into the schools. Maybe as a last result more schools here will have to consolidate to save costs.

1/23/2012 12:04 AM

The high poverty districts (the ones with the neediest situations) are getting hit the hardest!!!! What happened to equality?

1/23/2012 12:04 AM

The Gov. makes a point. We are spending more per student than many states and getting less WHY? He is about finding out WHY.

1/23/2012 11:52 AM

They need to cut the retirement benefits

1/23/2012 11:45 AM

Schools need to get rid of the fat. Just take a look at all the things that are going on in our school systems today. Also, the salaries of some teachers and administrators are ridiculous. 20 students in a class---come on. There should be (1) superintendent for several schools. Turf fields---let's keep up with the Jones. THERE IS A LIMIT AND WE'VE REACHED IT. QUIT WASTING OUR TAX DOLLARS.

1/23/2012 11:39 AM

Why should the education of the next generation suffer while the politicians sit and rake in money from so many other sources that they really don't need to have a paycheck form the government? All politicians should be given a toke salary of $1 a year for volunteering to do the job.

1/23/2012 11:13 AM

No, but on the other hand, Potsdam Central WASTES money (eg. astro turf, field lights) and needs reality orientation. Class sizes are too small, activities are too extensive, fringe benefits are excessive, there are too many administrators. Need I go on? It's time to vote no on school budgets!

1/23/2012 11:09 AM

Don't you mean St. Lawrence County school districts?

1/23/2012 11:02 AM

As I see it, we get the short end of the stick in all of Cuomo's plans. It's all about NYC!

1/23/2012 10:59 AM