Question For the Board

Has there been any consideration given to expanding the Northville Central School Board of Education from five board members to seven board members?  Expanding the board by two members would allow for greater expertise among the members, reduce the number of committees each board member is responsible and allow for greater diversity of thought among the board.     

School Board To Set Tax Levy

The Northville School Board will set the tax levy during the school board meeting scheduled for this Tuesday, 8/16, at 6:30, in the school auditorium.  It appears the board is poised to  pass a +20% increase, even though the voters soundly rejected such an increase and  HRBBRD has announced they will be paying more than  $600,000 in back taxes.

The school board has consistently stated the +20% increase is, in large, being driven by the loss of revenue from HRBBRD.  In light of HRBBRD announcement there should be no more than a 5% levy increase.  If the board  does other than a 5% increase, it is clear they are double dipping this year in order to circumvent the 2% cap on tax increases which will go into effect next year. 

Please encourage all of your neighbors to visit this site and to attend Tuesdays Board meeting.  Let your voices be heard.

Question For the Board

Now that HRBRRD has agreed to pay the Northville Central School District approximately $656,000 in back taxes, will the Board move to decrease the pending +20% tax increase?

Qusetion For the Board

On August 9, 2011  "The Daily Gazette" published the English and Math test results for the Capital Region school districts as reported by the state Education Department.  The result were for school districts in Albany, Fulton, Mongomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie Counties.  There were only two school districts with poorer results than Northville.  They are Albany School District and Schenecady School District.  Only 27% of Northville 8th graders test proficient in English and 38% of Northville 8th graders tested proficient in Math.  So the question to the Northville Board of Education is; who is being held accountable for these results and what is being done to improve on these results?