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NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
 

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Below you will find materials of
interest.
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OUTSIDE LINKS:

DOS, Shared
Municipal Services Incentive (SMSI) Program provides technical assistance and competitive grants to two or more units of local government for the development of projects that will achieve savings and improve municipal efficiency.

 

CFE: To access the Campaign for Fiscal Equity website, click here.

 

ASSOCIATION TESTIFIES April 23, 2008 before the Suozzi Commission, click here to see the TESTIMONY

UPCOMING EVENTS:
June 1, 2008 4PM
Meeting of the Board of Directors
OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS
The Otesaga, Cooperstown, NY

June 1-2, 2008
Annual Conference
The Otesaga, Cooperstown, NY



TESTIMONY of The NYS Association of Small City School Districts

Joint Legislative Hearing on 2008-09 Executive Budget (Elementary and Secondary Education) February 4, 2008
Presented by: Norma Barton, President, NYSASCSD  and Member and former President, BOE, Canandaigua CSD

 

 

 

 

 

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER!!

22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THE OTESAGA HOTEL COOPERSTOWN
JUNE 1-2, 2008

The Association is busy planning its 22nd annual conference to be held this year at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on June 1st-2nd. The theme is Pathways to Excellence II – Leadership. click here for further information about our speakers

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE conference program (DRAFT)

TO REGISTER: click here to access: HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM (please note: hotel rates have been adjusted for our conference! correct rates are reflected on this form) click here to access: CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

KEY NOTE SPEAKER: JAMIE VOLLMER 

WELCOME TO THE GREAT CONVERSATION: INCREASING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR AMERICA’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS

“Nobody in America has the right to criticize public education unless he or she has spent a warm Friday afternoon locked in a room with eighth graders. It’s time to stand up…and build support for America’s public schools!” – Jamie Vollmer

DR. STEPHEN UEBBING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WARNER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY AT ROCHESTER AND FORMER CANANDAIGUA CSD SUPERINTENDENT
Context and Character: the link between school and community, the need to build relational trust and the challenge to establish moral purpose

 

DR. PEGGY WOZNIAK, SUPERINTENDENT BINGHAMTON CSD
Developing a Board-Superintendent Governance Team in Support of High Student Achievement

 

 

DAN LIEBERT, PRINCIPAL AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER
TECH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TROY

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOARD MEMBERS AT A RECENT MEETING IN ALBANY: PICTURED ARE (standing l. to r.) EDWARD BROWN, ALBANY CSD, FRED WACHTMEISTER, PLATTSBURGH CSD, CHARLES WINTERS, SCSD CONSULTANT, THOMAS WOODHULL, NEWBURGH CSD, THOMAS MCGOWAN, GLENS FALLS CSD and seated NORMA BARTON, CANANDAIGUA CSD, ROBERT BIGGERSTAFF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Report by Charles A. Winters

The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Data to Identify Achievable Improvements in
Efficiency and Effectiveness in New York State Public Schools

 


THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
V. NYS
 

4/5/2007    Attorney General's (AG) REPLY BRIEF
July 26, 2006 Association's PRE-CALENDAR STATEMENT
July 26, 2006 Association's NOTICE OF APPEAL
June 6, 2006 COURT'S DECISION AND ORDER  granting AG's Motion to Dismiss
March 18, 2005 Association's COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
June 16, 2005 AG's  MOTION TO DISMISS
January 26, 2006 Association's AMENDED COMPLAINT
January 26, 2006 Association's reply MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION
January 26, 2006 Association's AFFIRMATION
February 17, 2006 AG's AFFIRMATION
February 17, 2006 AG's REPLY TO MEMORANDUM OF LAW submitted by the Association in response to AG's Motion to Dismiss
March 10, 2006 Association's LETTER BRIEF
March 17, 2006 AG's LETTER BRIEF in response to Association Letter Brief
 
 
THE ASSOCIATION OFFERS A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION FUNDING INEQUITY
 

Click here to access SCSD's: Funding For Achievement

A Report for the New York State Association of Small City School Districts Regarding State Aid Reform

Submitted by Charles A. Winters, School Finance Consultant

 

Click here to access Small Cities' Funding for Achievement Power Point Presentation

ARCHIVES - PRESS RELEASES - INFORMATION BULLETINS - OTHER NOTICES OF INTEREST
February 26, 2007   NEWS RELEASE  Small City Schools Testify on Governor’s Budget As Taking New
York Education into a New Era
Times Herald-Record Tuesday, March 27, 2007 Schools fear 'contract' will cost them by Paul Brooks
click here to read interview with Middletown Superintendent Ken Eastwood
SCSD NEWS PROGRAM THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22 2007 1:00PM – 2:00PM ALAN CHARTOCK’S SPEAKERS CORNER WAMC AND STATEWIDE AFFILIATES TOPIC: STATE AID REFORM GUESTS: ROBERT BIGGERSTAFF,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NYSASCSD, CHARLES WINTERS, SCSD FINANCE CONSULTANT AND PROFESSOR SUNY,
NEW PALTZ, CARL HAYDEN, FORMER CHANCELLOR, BOARD OF REGENTS, FRANK MAURO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE - MODERATOR: DR. ALAN CHARTOCK
For Immediate Release:     September 27, 2006    NEWS RELEASE New Report: The Invisible Face of CFE:
New York’s Small City School Districts in Crisis
  please note: the report is a .pdf file, if you are unable to access this file,
please feel free to contact our office and we will provide a copy for your use (518) 475-9500,
reb@biggerstaff-firm.com
NEWS RELEASE  JULY 11, 2006: ASSOCIATION RESPONSE TO GRANTING OF STATE'S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
DID YOU KNOW? campaign - March 28, 2006
Small City Schools Awaiting Word on Their Own Lawsuit  - Legislative Gazette Article March 27, 2006
DID YOU KNOW? campaign - March 14, 2006
DID YOU KNOW? campaign - March 6, 2006
 NEWS RELEASE: May 18, 2006 - Over 89% of Small City School Districts passed their school budgets on 'Super Tuesday" ... but some by the skin of their teeth.
DID YOU KNOW? campaign  We are contacting all 66 small city school districts’ legislators in an effort to help them understand that although small cities are located throughout the state, they have many commonalities and that as legislators, working as a group to address small cities’ concerns would benefit their constituents and the state as a whole as well. -  February 27, 2006
NEWS RELEASE: January 31, 2006  Small City Schools Dismayed by Governor’s Budget
NEWS RELEASE: March 15, 2005 - New York State Association of Small City School Districts to file suit against New York State to force state aid reform and close the “opportunity gap.”
Lawsuit for school funds: What we're fighting for by: Dan Lowengard, Superintendent, Utica CSD published November 30, 2004 UticaOD.com
School districts ante up to sue for funds - Times Union Article October 25, 2004
 Small Cities Announce Intention to Sue State - Times Union Article August 12, 2004
Small Cities' NEWS Release August 2004

 

The Association has updated its Program Exchange Catalog. Thank you to all those who helped us bring this catalog up to date!

click here to access the  PROGRAM EXCHANGE Catalog

 

 

 


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