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Huh?
March 17, 2010 | 11:48 PM
Who are G and T people? Not everyone understands initials. If you want help, let us know what you are talking about.
re: Parking
March 17, 2010 | 08:10 PM
Here is the answer to the riddle of the 22 parking workers.
There are 22 central parking meters "working" as much as the village wants. The purchase price of these workers obligates a payment of approximately $60,000 a year, which will end in a year or two. The meters bring in more that $300,000 a year when left to do their job. Most of this money goes towards much needed maintenance and improvements to the downtown commercial district.
The one part-time employee is a meter technician who provides what the meters need to keep working.
The Parking Department Supervisor oversees the operation of the metered parking system including filling in when the meter technician is not available, ordering and inventorying supplies needed to keep the meters working, promoting and selling the system's new Smart Cards, keeping the businesses and public informed of parking regulations and improvements, making sure the lots are striped and numbered, and the lights in the parking lots are working, etc. His salary is paid from monies collected in the meters.
Village Code Officers monitor on-street parking by walking, chalking tires, and writing summonses. This is much more expensive per person hour and less accurate than monitoring and enforcing metered parking.
Introduce yourself to Mr. Bates in Village Hall. I think you will find him very courteous, helpful, and interested in learning your ideas and concerns about parking in the village.
Car Guy
ES
March 17, 2010 | 07:03 PM
"The lockers have to go and so does Dr Hubbard"
And don't forget Doyle and Scott. Zink is already as good as gone!
budget
March 17, 2010 | 06:33 PM
"How sustainable will laptops for every grade be once LIPA leaves Port Jefferson? Are you willing to pay for these expensive toys for children to email and skype on?"
Pardon my ignorance but what is "skype"???
Is this what we are dipping into reserves for? At the budget meeting last night administration said to consider the reserves as "rainy day funds". If we are spending part of our reserves (this year and last)on crazy small class sizes of 14 kids and laptops to "skype" on, what in heavens name do we do when it really rains???
Dr. Riley
March 17, 2010 | 03:10 PM
"Please leave, you are destroying our district!"
He won't leave...He found his Pot of Gold!
Teacher's Union Givebacks
March 17, 2010 | 01:24 PM
Must reading in todays Newsday (page A18):
"Fiscal reality for schools"...
"Now is the time for public unions to voluntarily reopen contracts and bargain with governing bodies for terms - wage freezes and health-care contributions - at minimum, that will help all of us make it past the tough times. For school districts, contract cost savings would free money to help keep the best new teachers teaching, and spare students the slow motion dismantling of their schools."
Brava, Joye Brown
RE:ES
March 17, 2010 | 12:54 PM
The lockers have to go and so does Dr.Hubbard
budget
March 17, 2010 | 12:16 PM
The proposed budget has been posted!
New administrators, consultants and laptops are in it.
As well as lots of teachers k-6 (does this mean small class sizes and departmentalization are staying?)
Cuts include the G&T teacher to 1/2 and most of the staff development budget.
Tough choices
communications director or g&t teacher?
staff development or laptops?
New Human Resources person or new math curriculum?
Let the BOE know what matters to you.
Not Possible
March 17, 2010 | 12:03 PM
"Mr. Bates is the newly hired Supervisor of the village's Parking Department that has 22 full-time workers, all who work overtime, without benefits, without complaints, and in total are paid less than $60,000 a year under a three year contract, yet generate more than $300,000 a year to the village when allowed to work. In addition to these 22 full time workers there is one part-time employee."
This is not possible. You state that 22 workers make less than $60,000 total. At $60,000 they would make $2727 each. At minimum wage, they would work 381 hours a year. A full time worker works around 48 weeks a year, which would mean that they each work around 8 hours a week. How do they work overtime?
ES
March 17, 2010 | 07:50 AM
I heard Dr. Hubbard said the school bought the lockers....Is that a nice way to say the departmentalization in the ES is here to stay???
I will vote NO.
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