The
Sullivan West School District
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Reference information and links
Some
of what you see here demonstrates the early controversies surrounding the
Sullivan West high school, much of the hard feelings and us versus them
atmosphere grew from these early roots.
Some of these links will take you to sites that decry the incompetence of
past school boards.
These things are in the past and the future is my primary concern and
should be the concern of all residents of the Sullivan West school district. I
post these things to help illustrate how easy it is to find one's self, mired in
controversy.
It is my earnest hope that the current board will be able to conduct
their business in a respectful and civil manner.
It is obvious to everyone at this point that the responsibilities of the
school board are manifold and complex.
It is therefore absolutely imperative that the communities concerned
participate and contribute to the school board's proceedings.
At the very least we should stay informed of the issues involved in our
schools and the policies and a direction the school Board intends to take.
There are also links to school
information concerning performance, enrollment and a variety of other
informational needs.
If you have suggestions for links to be listed here. Please add them on the tell your story page.
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This website run by a local person, is posting overviews of the local school board meetings and special sessions by our school superintendent, as well as the minutes of the meetings of the Tustin town board. No doubt this will grow in scope and be a valuable resource to the concerned citizens of our district.
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Click
for a link to stories about the building. Lots of folks tried
to question the board and were stone walled.
As for the community I guess it was all to hard to believe.
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Comptroller's Audit excerpt ( eye opener)
This page is a quick overview
of the kinds of things that really scare me.
There is a link to the full text at the bottom of the page.
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A very revealing story with
facts, statistics and testimony.
We are in trouble.
Lost generation: Why thousands of young people are fleeing our
region
Steve Israel is a reporter for the Times Herald-Record.
Reach him at sisrael@th-record.com.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070610/NEWS/706100330
link submitted by
Carol Wingert
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A story from the beginning of the ongoing debates.
Sullivan West
school project taking bids
LAKE
HUNTINGTON: Construction plans for the new high school get the go-ahead.
By Steve Israel
The Times Herald-Record
sisrael@th-record.com
http://archive.recordonline.com/archive
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This is a link to a Web
archiving site where Web pages
that might be gone now can be found.
Note March 30 2002 things seem to be going as planned.
March 04, 2005 this is where the bomb apparently dropped.
Note the idea is to protect us from very high taxes yet our taxes have
gone up
and as of June 2007 we have a budget excess of around $3 million, seems odd to me.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://swcsd.org
link submitted by
Shannon Dee Bailey
cranky comment provided by me
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This video shows the kind
of stupid behavior, you can expect from some teenagers.
and this is the kind of stuff that takes place in the larger schools were the
atmosphere is impersonal and the students enjoy anonymity born of the scale of
the school and enrollment.
this kind of nightmare can only be prevented with parental involvement along
with community concern and involvement.
40 minute segment called: 20/20 Stupid in America with John Stossel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRUMmTs0ZA
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click here for a larger version
This
amazing article by Dan Hearst in the Sullivan County Democratic published
Friday, September 7, 2007 demonstrates the kind of problems that many of our
Sullivan West School Board candidates have suggested, would come to pass. This
is not an old-school, this kind of remediation speaks to the
seriousness of the denial and the secrecy, which has and still does surrounded
the construction of this school.
I believe the full text can be accessed at www.sc-democrat.com
.
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www.tusten-narrowsburg.org
Some good information about this great town
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I know some of you were at the March 27 board meeting,
if not
this will bring you up to speed and give you something to refer back to.
http://www.sc-democrat.com/news/03March/27/news.htm
March 27, 2007 Budget Figures Stir Debate
By Dan Hust
Sullivan County Democrat
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April
17 2003 bond anticipation notes
20,000,000. some interesting things in this document
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Sullivan West Central School District for 2000-2001
This is all information that can be used for comparisons.
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/repcrd2002/d_591502.html
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2006 English Language Arts Results
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This
site has some nice things to say about student performance,
but doesn't mention the problems you will have if you're located in the out
lying areas of our school district. It also fails to mention that most of the
proficiency that the students demonstrate was a product of their attendance at
the Narrowsburg school and the Delaware Valley school prior to the
merger.
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ny/district_profile/745/
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This link has enrollment data
http://www.districtbug.org/schools-3600023.html
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http://www.swcsd.org/
Welcome To Sullivan West Central School District
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These are a large state and county sites with a great deal of information.
Welcome to the Department of State
Office of Real Property Services
excerpt from http://www.sullivancounty.net/schools/sullivanwest_school.html
Sullivan West School System
Sullivan West is persistently striving for educational improvement and believes that students benefit from devoted teachers that play a positive role in student development. Family and community support have been a great advantage to the new district.
The Sullivan West Junior High School was established in September 2003, bringing together the talents of students, staff, and faculty from three formerly separate school buildings into one former high school building that is well-equipped with caliber science labs, art and technology rooms, physical education facilities and computer labs.
The Delaware Valley School building opened in 1952. Delaware
Valley School opened as an elementary school in September 2003 and currently
enrolls about 230 elementary students.
Jeffersonville-Youngsville Elementary was originally constructed in 1938, modeled from the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia. An addition to the building was added in 1961 and another addition completed the high school in 1994. Now, the building serves kindergarten through sixth grade students from the local community as the Sullivan West Central School District.
The Narrowsburg Central Rural School consisted of five districts when it was completed in 1929. 2004 marks the 75th anniversary of the Narrowsburg building. The original building existed in 1872 as a one room school house. Because few students went to high school in the early 1920s, there was little need for a high school, and when students started to attend high school, they congregated in the former R.C. Church, which was located where the U.D.C. parking lot exists today on Bridge Street. The first high school graduation was in June 1931.
Sullivan West Junior High School
33 Schoolhouse Rd.
Jeffersonville, NY 12748
Sullivan West Central School
Delaware Valley Elementary School
Jeff-Youngsville Elementary
33 Schoolhouse Rd.
Jeffersonville, NY
845-482-4610 Ext 2141
Narrowsburg Elementary
7 Erie Street
Narrowsburg, NY 12764
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Sullivan West Central School District |
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May 16, 2006 Noon - 9:00 p.m. |
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Annual Budget & Election |
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Prop. |
Prop. |
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BOE |
BOE |
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BOE |
BOE |
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BOE |
BOE |
BOE |
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1 |
1 |
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Cohen |
Bailey |
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Prendergast |
Tegnander |
Uy |
Sandler |
Gangel |
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YES |
NO |
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1A |
1B |
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2A |
2B |
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3A |
3B |
3C |
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DV Mach. 1 |
193 |
131 |
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|
138 |
217 |
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183 |
156 |
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73 |
120 |
165 |
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DV Mach. 2 |
127 |
111 |
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|
108 |
152 |
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134 |
120 |
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68 |
84 |
108 |
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Affidavit |
1 |
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|
1 |
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|
1 |
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|
|
|
1 |
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Absentee |
14 |
10 |
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|
14 |
10 |
|
11 |
13 |
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4 |
13 |
6 |
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SUBTOTAL |
335 |
252 |
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|
261 |
379 |
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329 |
289 |
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145 |
217 |
280 |
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JY #87683 |
199 |
94 |
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249 |
69 |
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63 |
259 |
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63 |
214 |
47 |
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JY #97337 |
280 |
123 |
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|
339 |
113 |
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95 |
352 |
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67 |
318 |
75 |
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Affidavit |
|
1 |
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|
1 |
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|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
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Absentee |
8 |
7 |
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|
13 |
2 |
|
4 |
11 |
|
3 |
10 |
2 |
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SUBTOTAL |
487 |
225 |
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|
602 |
184 |
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162 |
623 |
|
133 |
543 |
124 |
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NB #1 |
183 |
141 |
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174 |
237 |
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258 |
158 |
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39 |
141 |
235 |
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Affidavit |
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Absentee |
3 |
2 |
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|
1 |
4 |
|
3 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
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SUBTOTAL |
186 |
143 |
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|
175 |
241 |
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261 |
160 |
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40 |
142 |
238 |
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TOTAL |
1008 |
620 |
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1038 |
804 |
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752 |
1072 |
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318 |
902 |
642 |
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YES |
NO |
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Cohen |
Bailey |
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Prendergast |
Tegnander |
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Uy |
Sandler |
Gangel |
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Description |
Parcel Count |
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100 |
Agricultural Properties |
440 |
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200 |
Residential Properties |
34,009 |
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300 |
Vacant Land |
23,491 |
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400 |
Commercial Properties |
3,173 |
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500 |
Recreation and Entertainment Properties |
322 |
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600 |
Community Service Properties |
1,160 |
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700 |
Industrial Properties |
86 |
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800 |
Public Service Properties |
753 |
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900 |
Public Parks, Wild, Forested and Conservation Properties |
975 |
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Total Parcels in All Broad Use Categories |
64,409 |
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2005 Annual Assessment Rolls |
for more on this
http://www.orps.state.ny.us/cfapps/MuniPro/muni_theme/county/county.cfm?swis=48
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2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Sullivan County |
#Sales |
Median |
#Sales |
Median |
#Sales |
Median |
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1264 |
$105,375 |
1613 |
$128,900 |
1428 |
$157,000 |
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http://www.orps.state.ny.us/cfapps/MuniPro/osc/oscMunitaxlevy.cfm?c=48&fiscalyr_ending=2006
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OSC
Municipal Tax Rate and Levy Data |
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County of
Sullivan |
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Municipality |
Levy
Year |
Roll
Year |
Municipal
Tax Levy |
Municipal
Tax Rate |
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Town of Bethel |
2006 |
2005 |
2,892,279 |
7.18 |
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Town of Callicoon |
2006 |
2005 |
1,421,855 |
7.69 |
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Village of Jeffersonville |
2005 |
2005 |
73,743 |
4.20 |
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Town of Cochecton |
2006 |
2005 |
791,690 |
6.52 |
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Town of Delaware |
2006 |
2005 |
1,264,120 |
8.67 |
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Town of Fallsburgh |
2006 |
2005 |
5,047,988 |
11.60 |
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Village of Woodridge |
2005 |
2005 |
499,849 |
11.78 |
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Town of Forestburgh |
2006 |
2005 |
939,524 |
54.63 |
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Town of Fremont |
2006 |
2005 |
599,936 |
4.57 |
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Town of Highland |
2006 |
2005 |
1,124,135 |
3.91 |
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Town of Liberty |
2006 |
2005 |
3,601,006 |
9.26 |
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Village of Liberty |
2005 |
2005 |
2,660,650 |
20.46 |
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Town of Lumberland |
2006 |
2005 |
1,730,596 |
6.79 |
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Town of Mamakating |
2006 |
2005 |
2,241,640 |
4.48 |
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Village of Bloomingburgh |
2005 |
2005 |
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Village of Wurtsboro |
2005 |
2005 |
253,860 |
5.88 |
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Town of Neversink |
2006 |
2005 |
2,758,773 |
94.02 |
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Town of Rockland |
2006 |
2005 |
1,331,298 |
5.50 |
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Town of Thompson |
2006 |
2005 |
3,700,007 |
3.72 |
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Village of Monticello |
2005 |
2005 |
4,414,616 |
19.89 |
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Town of Tusten |
2006 |
2005 |
902,519 |
8.61 |
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County totals: |
$38,250,084. |
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New
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Sullivan
County | Report:
Assessment Equity in NY State (text) |
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