Friday, March 27, 2009

Save the Middle School Chair Running for School Board

KT Tobin Flusser who led the “Save the Middle School” petition drive, and who since January 2008 has chaired the “Save the New Paltz Middle School” committee, has decided to run for school board.

More here.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Board Votes 6-1 in Favor of Middle School Renovation Process

At the March 18th meeting, the school board voted 6-1 to approve the process of renovating the New Paltz Middle School.

Board member Steve Greenfield noted that the resolution explicitly affirms the social contract with the community to keep the school at its current location. This vote clearly demonstrates that the board is formally committed to renovating the Middle School.

The only dissenting vote was Rod Dressel who still thinks it's a mistake to renovate and that the district should be building a new school at a new site.