Reply To: East Ramapo and Fiscal Monitors

And I am sure that any issues with the monitors decisions would be place at the feet of the board and the monitor would have no accountability.

The courts would hold a monitor accountable if necessary. Besides, I’m uncertain what the monitor would be accountable for? From the description given by the Agudah and Mr. Weissmandl, the only legal option the board has is to cut funding for extra-curricular activities, as all other funding is mandated by law.

One community considers separate busing and special ed in KJ to be necessities, and art and music to be extras. The other says the opposite. Who’s right? It’s subjective.

That is the first time that someone has said that the disagreement is between two possibilities of subjective (non-mandated) funding, instead of mandated vs. non-mandated.

Can someone else confirm this is the case? Also, I thought the busing and special ed were mandated?

The Agudah’s point is that they should do the right thing, not what is easier.

Fat chance, this is NY we are discussing. Expediency will always win out, especially if the teachers union is on the other side. I stand by my comment.