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Well, now, this is directed to those hundreds, perhaps thousands of vet- erans, who also have honorable dis (•• --.-7ji=- v,, y yuumgc IU sign nis or guilderland education system — and it was killed by the forces of all good ftv^ ,!?\ ' v.- stru Sgles to eliminate rrom our culture, ignorance and indif- ference ... its violent and untimely death comes as a brutal shock. We who have worked hard with body and soul tp make ours the best system pos- rvJ '* u \\ \\• \\— ;—-^ \j sible for our pupils have been ruthless- statement? It is because he attend- Jy repudiated without a hearing Those ed a Toting at which time some one people (the taxpayers of course) no was told t0 \ si t down — your wife portion of change ($$$$) from the taxpayers of 'this town! K might be bettor if Mr. Ether were more aware of his professional status and remove himself from the hurly-burly of school difficulties, which currently have been made more prominent by the expose of the New York State Department of Audit and Control concerning the charges;' paicTup 'tax^bins~birTh cer- mis-handling of public funds by re- tificates to also prove their right to sponsible members of the board of shpat thpir minH in .this fountrv of educationIt and supervisingd principal- and 'business manager speak their \mind' in this country of I education I ours. _ . t—j^i, ul (.uujse; no I —•— — s '* down „. longer seem to want an educational i s a teacher.\ Now does Mr. Ether _ system program dedicated to the great- \ recan ihat at a meeting of citizens. |wnere. act ««+„v.n„i _» .._,. ,.,,.. fa 'mostlv teachers and employees of the school system, the taxpayer was held up to continued ridicule, culminating in the disgraceful remark directed against the citizens, when they were described as \clodhoppers.\ This was the meeting chairmaned by Drs. Becker and Nelson, considered as a is'the considere opinion of hun dreds of taxpayers of the town of Guilderland that the entire educa- tional top level echelon might better •esign and consider employment else- He is also the chains\ who stated at the last, meeting 'hat he \didn't care what happened to the $134,?)00 surplus\ whjoh tvas supposedly on H ye^ >« inning ° f the last Therefore, t h e town of Guilderland nas a clear rgcoifl of mishandling of public: funds .by responsible school and educational authorities; there are puwic records 'both written and spyna recQ^ed which fully docu- ment slapsh^d; careless, extravagent actinoc and vet we have est potential of each child.' What brought about the above an- guished cry was the action of many hundreds of pe,ople (largest vote ever, taxpayers of course), in opposition to a budget that was too high. Now people must realize what we can ex- pect from one teacher in our system (He or she sor \ language of Joe . teacner m our system • Dtru \- trl cuiu iwisvu, eunsiueitu «» a sometimes employs the meeting of \interested citizens.\ The _ „- — -be Stalin). Since that remark was so rotten that Dr. Becker time, by obscure legal moves, our edu- d ' d publicly apologize, as did the as- cators have deprived the voters and sistant attorney general from Delmar. taxpayers of the Guilderland school district of their vote. Sidney B. Gordon, but I can assure you that the apology came only after The taxpayers will pay for more attenti °n was brought to it by one of than they originally rejected and also the audience — and on] >' after the for those antics described 'by Audit assembled few had a good laugh at and Control, perpetrated by teachers the ex P ense of the taxpayer. Now members of the Board of Education' does Mr - Ether reca1 1 a mectln g at supervising principal and business man- the AJtamont school, at which time ager. The ethical, moral and legal wrongdoing committed by our educa- tors leads to but one solution: that all And if Mr. El her does doubt that further investigation will enhance the position of these people he is com- pletely wrong. Another expose of waste in the construction of the high school auditorium is about to break, at which time the taxpayers will get a full measure of the incapability of those responsible for our schools. The untenabilitN of the position of the educational top echelon of Guil- derland is further heightened by the latest attack b\ Edgar Pitkin con- cerning publiealion ol figures purpor- tedly to show tlK- Xorth Colonie system in a bad light — and everyone knows that the board of education supplied those same figures as quoted by Mr. Kaasa. a quality board members plus supervising prin cipal resign all at once, with excep- tion of the three members who were elected at the last meeting held on May 7. Walter E. Williams. Guilderland, N. Y. letter To The Editor MORE ON SCHOOL SITUATION Editor, Altamont Enterprise, 1 \*-»i«vei ™'« \\ a scn This is in reply to letter signed by Itaxpayer the history of the town John A. Bcher, principal of the West- Why is Mr. Ether so vociferousout mere Elementary school, in the high-, about all this? Simply because he ly controversial Town of Guilder- • . _ control analyst, from Altamont, and a member of the educational staff a frequent spokesman for the board repeatedly shouted in a loud voice, of education. \You're lying — put up or shut up.\ Mr. Ether doesn't want to forget Does Mr. Ether recall the hooting jeilher that Mr. Barnet, a most re- and yelling by the educators when- cent spokesman for the board of ever anything they opposed came up- education, but one without official on the floor? ' n '\' ff \ ,i \ <.••>— - --•--— • • Mr. Ether doesn't want to forget that the educators, the Board of Education and the New York State (Department of Education have made ! second class citizens of the taxpayers ' of Guilderland. How have thev done this? Simply by refusing to effect economies as indicated by the largest vote on a school budget in portfolio (who was selected as chair- man of the last meeting in town— because as the nominating person in- dicated \he is levelheaded\) is the same person who, at the initial budget meeting, proposed that the board of education refer the budget to Albany where the commissioner would levy a tax. And this was the proposal that he suggested. So it is a matter of record that he (with- any authority whatsoever) was in favor of the move whereby an ob- scure regulation of the education de !^l^!^_i^LtJ^P^^^Z&^STJl^i Nothing Down! 36 Months to Pay met Sink Buy You've Been Waiting For Come in! You'll want t o tee thfc exciting cabinet sink that can male* over your kitchen. Spacloui 4-doorei cabinet adds kitchen storage, space ... 2 handy drawers glide out nois«w| l»*sly on nylon slides! ; . \ / ? f *New Easy Paym*nt Plan ,on aB. 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Perwa%(iHy maimed if every single p'ehrtjf j sn 't given to our edu- cational staff; Now I ask you - laoes a $294.06' lulfl (expense account) m»% * P ^ purportedly for meals oniy for tliie' : super\ising principal, business rriajiager and two board members deprive your child of educa- tion? Does .'the fact that these people overspent $34,000 for capital outlay budget in one year, and al- most $5,000, more in another year improve thei'.quaiitv of your educa- fL or your child's education? All P* this, as pa^, was illegal and the iNew York State Department of Audit T +v, Contro1 report clearlv covers it. is thp education of vour child injured oy these fjniincia'l blunders of your ooard of education? Very, definitely education has been harmed, but it nas teen harmed by these same eaucators arifl their shameful waste or tunds for: matters which in no way improve the education of your These people are the opponents of good school government, these people are opposed;- t0 lower taxes. Just wait for flie' coming reports from mose members of the board of edu- cation whp:.'were nominated by both taxpayer organizations; the apologists •n \\ ose %>onsible school officials will be fof&ji} to admit that financial ™ al P ra ctiee:is the sole responsibility or the 'boar\(li 0 f education, supervising principal ^jf business manager, not Dy any taxpiy er group member. Your attention is called to the transfer oftfunds from one item fo K nQ ft er ,C«%hat use is a budget), Dy m ^. |_ a %0f minutes of meetings at whichi .|g8fntracts were awarded jf° you . t^yers realize that mil- lions of c|oUars have been awarded r^A appa ^l ] y P r0 P e r written rec- ords navejffit been maintained? Isn't m U a n ^M aible situation? to^lK education also stands ! oniy on th|jBpimon of counsel in the Mucatiorte|!p ar trnent that certain m«L^M nSidered essen «al and justified rfdrjlypur child's education. For examfc in the face of all of tnis wrnftifc3Aj«« 3 j, (this wrojjg^ing and comedy of er- rors on -'fljigtart of our school ad- ministra't^tloes it seem possible that the jjjuisiiiess manager should be given a pffi)0 raise from $7,200.00 to $8,000;0$f And don't forget that some of In® errors have been repe- titive. 35|rT§iot on ly disregard the taxpayers|||i iy also scorn the De- partmentlofi Audit of Control and proper fi$|| irocedure. ActuajJ|ira • might continue on all night as'tSl' \y taxpayers resent ac- tivities of < :rtain educators and school 1 offici ; m this town, t but,the story and opposition to high-handed, • profligate action will continue until the board of education acts in con- cert with citizens, with full publicity on all activities, to the best interests of all concerned. It would seem that the supervising principal should be the ono to justify (if possible) and explain the serious charges contained in various reports and activities. We peed- not lipten to Mr. garnet, whose responsibility amounts to nothing in this respect. It would seem that we should select our next supervising principal froni a city system, where economy is the watchword, and where business managers do not exist. t,et us insist that building principals prepare the budget, or expected expenditures for the coming year for their particular school and be well prepared to pub- licly defend their figures — not sit on the sidelines waiting for another promotion (or \sweating out\ ap- pointment as the new supervising principal). After all, as the pro- ponents of education maintain over 80 per cent of the budget is man- datory (as they put it) so why do we need a business manager for such a slight volume of activity. An erroneous activity at that! A ma- jority of the purchasing function can be shunted to Standards and Pur- chase, where our dollar will buy more at a better price. And so, Mr. Ether, here are a variety of reasons why the taxpayers resent certain types of people in the Guilderland Centra] School district. WALTER DIETZ, President, Altamont-Osborn's Corners Ass'n. Letter To The Editor To the Editor: The Guilderland Board of Educa- tion and, specifically, the business manager, has always been rather prompt in replying to justified criti- cism of their activity. We have yet to see a public explan- ation of corrective action being taken by the Board of Education insofar as the critical report of the New York State Department of Audit and Control concerned them. Here are a few questions that the taxpayers would like to have answer- ed. 1. When various items of expense are not itemized and yet have been I paid by the school district (not in ac- cordance with fiscal procedure), isn't the school district entitled to refunds? 2. Have these refunds been com- pleted ? 3. Who authorized the many illegal fiscal acts? Who authorized pay- ment of these vouchers? 4. Have refunds been made by the supervising principal, business man- ager, and those board members (four persons in all) who charged the tax- payers $294 for meals alone while at Atlantic City? 5. Would these four men (unknown board members) have paid $294 for meals if money came from their own pockets ? 6. To revert to that old wartime query, we must ask this, \were all those trips, and ail that mileage i '<• necessary as expended by supervising |^1i principal to recruit teachers during the period February 22 to March 1?\ Just think,that our supervising princi- pal traveled 3157 miles, practically from Guilderland to San Francisco (one way) to recruit teachers! Don't forget either that he may have gone to \Frisco\ because the Audit and Control report states that locations were not shown! 7. 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