Schuylerville Central School District names new superintendent
The Schuylerville Central School Board of Education has offered the position of superintendent of schools to Ryan Sherman, who is currently superintendent of the Argyle Central School District.
The Board will now enter into contract negotiations with Sherman and will announce the formal agreement within the next few weeks. Sherman has served as Argyle’s superintendent since 2004. Before taking that position, he was principal of Argyle Junior-Senior High School and a teacher and curriculum leader at the City School District of Albany.
He is currently enrolled in the doctoral study program at The Sage Colleges. Schuylerville’s Board of Education chose Sherman after a five-month search process conducted in conjunction with the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex (WSWHE) BOCES.
Schuylerville staff, students and community members were involved in the process, serving on interview committees, attending open forums and submitting comments.
Sherman will replace Dr. Leon Reed, who has led Schuylerville Central School District for more than 17 years.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Tis the season for board member harassment
The cowards are calling Child Protective Services again.
A favorite AP Board member was visited by CPS on Wednesday. The kids were pulled out of class and questioned. The house inspected.
It seems that the coward called in fake charges and got the investigation started. Two days later the investigation is closed and the call labeled a hoax. We, who know the member, are not surprised by the quick closure. It is funny that only the minority members receive this harassment. Don't you agree?
The department has found this complaint to be similar to those that have occurred to other BOE members over the past 3 years. Let's hope the coward is found and punished for all of the faked complaints. One charge on the previous calls will be criminal impersonation.
Maybe we can video the arrest and put it on U TUBE....
A favorite AP Board member was visited by CPS on Wednesday. The kids were pulled out of class and questioned. The house inspected.
It seems that the coward called in fake charges and got the investigation started. Two days later the investigation is closed and the call labeled a hoax. We, who know the member, are not surprised by the quick closure. It is funny that only the minority members receive this harassment. Don't you agree?
The department has found this complaint to be similar to those that have occurred to other BOE members over the past 3 years. Let's hope the coward is found and punished for all of the faked complaints. One charge on the previous calls will be criminal impersonation.
Maybe we can video the arrest and put it on U TUBE....
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Budget committee confusion
A few members of the budget committee seem to be dismayed. One actually mentioned "Mockery"
Tell us your stories, good or bad, we want to be balanced. It is OK to disagree, let's not be disagreeable.
Tell us your stories, good or bad, we want to be balanced. It is OK to disagree, let's not be disagreeable.
The 09-10 budget is out
The 09-10 budget is out and it carries a 7% tax increase. The Superintendent said she was after a zero percent increase. Any thoughts?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
And, we're back
Our super has set up a Q and A blog on the district web site. Word is that only the questions they would like to answer are posted. A number of local tax payers have asked difficult questions and they have yet to appear on the site.
You are required to provide your name and e-mail with your question. They have done that and yet gotten no response (other than confirmation of receipt) either direct or indirect. Communication is the purpose of the blog.
"To improve communication with your school district, we have created the “Answers” page."
If you can't get your questions answered on the AP District site, send them here. Our team of crack investigators will dig until the truth is found. Honest communication is our goal.
You are required to provide your name and e-mail with your question. They have done that and yet gotten no response (other than confirmation of receipt) either direct or indirect. Communication is the purpose of the blog.
"To improve communication with your school district, we have created the “Answers” page."
If you can't get your questions answered on the AP District site, send them here. Our team of crack investigators will dig until the truth is found. Honest communication is our goal.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Anonymous is back again, with disturbing news.....
Dear Communicus, A letter has been sent to many local businesses and residents asking for a boycott of the Sand Lake Advertiser and the businesses that advertise in it due to the criticism expressed by some of its contributors against the Averill Park School District Board and Administration.
This is a paper that for years has allowed the free exchange of ideas from all sides of an issue and is in my opinion one of the largest contributors to the School District by donation of page space and advertising that are truly enormous gifts of this local public entity.
For the writers of this letter; it was anonymous, no return address, and it was postmarked out of Albany; to try and shut down the very publication that sustains the programs that the rest of us are accused of not supporting can only be classified as insane at best.
I AM COPYING, VERBATIM, THE LETTER SO THAT YOUR READERS CAN SEE WHAT LENGTHS THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL GO TO TO TRY AND SHUT THE INFORMATION FLOW OFF!The letter reads as follows:
STOP THE WEEKLY NASTY GRAMS BOYCOTT THE ADVERTISER AND BOYCOTT ANY BUSINESSES THAT ADVERTISE IN IT
Our families have banded together to ask our friends and neighbors to boycott "The Advertiser". We believe that this publication is being used by people who are creating a negative and destructive atmosphere in our towns and dividing the school district. A great school district is being maligned publicly by the same few malcontents over and over again.
1. We believe that our school district has improved dramatically in the last three years.
2. We believe that our kids deserve this to continue.
3. We believe that much of the nastiness is due to personal agendas being played out in public.THE PEOPLE BEING HURT HERE ARE OUR KIDS, NO ONE ELSE.
1. We have great administrators and teachers.
2. We believe that if they leave APCSD we will be forced to accept people of lesser quality because not only are there very few qualified administrators out there, but who would want to work here and be treated this way?
3. We believe that if our current administrators leave we will have to pay much higher salaries to attract new ones.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO STOP. THE PEOPLE MALIGNING OUR DISTRICT ARE NOT THE ONES WHO SHARE OUR VALUES, THEY ARE NOT THE ONES WHO WORK WITH THE PTA, WHO ATTEND SPORTS EVENTS, WHO CONTRIBUTE IN ANY POSITIVE WAY TO THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE!! DON'T LET THE NASTY GRAMS CLOUD YOUR JUDGMENT. MOST OF WHAT IS SAID IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE. DON'T JUDGE OUR DISTRICT BY THE LIES OF MALCONTENT PEOPLE.BOYCOTT THE ADVERTISER AND THE BUSINESSES WHO ADVERTISE IN IT. TELL YOUR FRIENDS YOUR RELATIVES AND ANYONE WHO CARES ABOUT KIDS.
The end
What happened to free speech and exchange of ideas? Last year we saw the BOE tell people they couldn't talk at the meetings. That didn't go very well. Now someone is trying to actually censor a local newspaper! Everyone is entitled to their opinion and this blog supports the free exchange of ideas.
This is a paper that for years has allowed the free exchange of ideas from all sides of an issue and is in my opinion one of the largest contributors to the School District by donation of page space and advertising that are truly enormous gifts of this local public entity.
For the writers of this letter; it was anonymous, no return address, and it was postmarked out of Albany; to try and shut down the very publication that sustains the programs that the rest of us are accused of not supporting can only be classified as insane at best.
I AM COPYING, VERBATIM, THE LETTER SO THAT YOUR READERS CAN SEE WHAT LENGTHS THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL GO TO TO TRY AND SHUT THE INFORMATION FLOW OFF!The letter reads as follows:
STOP THE WEEKLY NASTY GRAMS BOYCOTT THE ADVERTISER AND BOYCOTT ANY BUSINESSES THAT ADVERTISE IN IT
Our families have banded together to ask our friends and neighbors to boycott "The Advertiser". We believe that this publication is being used by people who are creating a negative and destructive atmosphere in our towns and dividing the school district. A great school district is being maligned publicly by the same few malcontents over and over again.
1. We believe that our school district has improved dramatically in the last three years.
2. We believe that our kids deserve this to continue.
3. We believe that much of the nastiness is due to personal agendas being played out in public.THE PEOPLE BEING HURT HERE ARE OUR KIDS, NO ONE ELSE.
1. We have great administrators and teachers.
2. We believe that if they leave APCSD we will be forced to accept people of lesser quality because not only are there very few qualified administrators out there, but who would want to work here and be treated this way?
3. We believe that if our current administrators leave we will have to pay much higher salaries to attract new ones.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO STOP. THE PEOPLE MALIGNING OUR DISTRICT ARE NOT THE ONES WHO SHARE OUR VALUES, THEY ARE NOT THE ONES WHO WORK WITH THE PTA, WHO ATTEND SPORTS EVENTS, WHO CONTRIBUTE IN ANY POSITIVE WAY TO THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE!! DON'T LET THE NASTY GRAMS CLOUD YOUR JUDGMENT. MOST OF WHAT IS SAID IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE. DON'T JUDGE OUR DISTRICT BY THE LIES OF MALCONTENT PEOPLE.BOYCOTT THE ADVERTISER AND THE BUSINESSES WHO ADVERTISE IN IT. TELL YOUR FRIENDS YOUR RELATIVES AND ANYONE WHO CARES ABOUT KIDS.
The end
What happened to free speech and exchange of ideas? Last year we saw the BOE tell people they couldn't talk at the meetings. That didn't go very well. Now someone is trying to actually censor a local newspaper! Everyone is entitled to their opinion and this blog supports the free exchange of ideas.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
We have a guest contributor....Anonymous........
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Poestenkill Elementary running Averill Park CSD?": You people are the most despicable bunch of liars I have ever seen. You should all be ashamed of yourselves, but of course, people like you will never be ashamed, because you must have grown up thinking that lying, cheating, gossiping and manipulating were the way to go.This blog should be called DISHONESTLY AVERILL PARK.Maybe this will help explain your pathetic behavior.
Lie [lahy] a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive [Mirriam/Webster Dictionary].A pathological liar is defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their own way with little concern for the consequences. “Pathological lying is a coping mechanism that is developed in early childhood and is often associated with some other mental disorder”. A pathological liar is a focused, goal oriented liar. Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights or feelings of others. “A compulsive liar lies out of habit. Lying is their normal reflexive way of responding. Compulsive liars bend the truth about nearly everything, whether it is large or small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is uncomfortable.” Compulsive lying is “thought to be a trait developed in early childhood as a response to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary for survival or parental attention.” Lying is more than a bad habit. It is heartbreaking and cruel. Some people attend church, but still continue telling untruths about others, or spreading rumors born of false gossip. There’s an old saying, “sooner or later you have to pay the piper”, and we all get to find that out one way or the other.The Bible gives many instances where God speaks directly about the spiritual consequences of lying. Proverbs 6:16-19 says, "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."Prov 19:55 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. Prov 19.9 9…[A]nd he who tells lies will perish..James 3:1414 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.Ex 23:11 "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. “Let me in, I know you're inside, I can hear you breathing, You can not hide, Let me inI am not going away, I am the Piper, now PAY!” (Lavin, Music, May 1999)JUST REMEMBER, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, AND YOUR TIME WILL COME.
Lie [lahy] a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive [Mirriam/Webster Dictionary].A pathological liar is defined as someone who lies incessantly to get their own way with little concern for the consequences. “Pathological lying is a coping mechanism that is developed in early childhood and is often associated with some other mental disorder”. A pathological liar is a focused, goal oriented liar. Pathological liars have little regard or respect for the rights or feelings of others. “A compulsive liar lies out of habit. Lying is their normal reflexive way of responding. Compulsive liars bend the truth about nearly everything, whether it is large or small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is uncomfortable.” Compulsive lying is “thought to be a trait developed in early childhood as a response to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary for survival or parental attention.” Lying is more than a bad habit. It is heartbreaking and cruel. Some people attend church, but still continue telling untruths about others, or spreading rumors born of false gossip. There’s an old saying, “sooner or later you have to pay the piper”, and we all get to find that out one way or the other.The Bible gives many instances where God speaks directly about the spiritual consequences of lying. Proverbs 6:16-19 says, "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."Prov 19:55 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. Prov 19.9 9…[A]nd he who tells lies will perish..James 3:1414 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.Ex 23:11 "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. “Let me in, I know you're inside, I can hear you breathing, You can not hide, Let me inI am not going away, I am the Piper, now PAY!” (Lavin, Music, May 1999)JUST REMEMBER, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, AND YOUR TIME WILL COME.
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