Thank You for Voting
The Board of Education would like to thank everyone for voting on the Middle School Referendum on February 9. Our schools are at the heart of the community, and the interest, passion, and dedication that people from all over the district showed towards this project was inspiring and reflects the true spirit of the New Paltz area, which is filled with so many intelligent and caring citizens who are willing to organize and speak up for what they believe is important.
While we are obviously disappointed in the defeat of the referendum, we will waste no time in moving ahead in order to work towards finding another solution to address our Middle School’s needs. Throughout the entire multi-year planning and discussion about this referendum, people on both sides of the issue were in agreement that there were severe issues at the Middle School that needed to be dealt with. That fact gives us common ground to work on, and we will gather there–on that common ground–to push ahead and seek a solution that the majority of the community can support. We must waste no time in moving forward in order to get our Middle School out of the horrible state of deterioration it faces and ensure that further, more costly issues are not created. The longer we wait, the more will be needed and the costlier the solution will be.
We will do our very best to continue to move forward with a plan to address the Middle School needs and hope that the community will continue to participate in the process and share their thoughts and ideas with us as we tackle this problem.
Results:
Yes=983
No=2,561
