Reply To: School Board Monitors in Lakewood & East Ramapo

It seems the ERSD monitors were paid $176,000 for their service. They were paid through December and the reason we are not hearing about them is the state hasn’t allocated any additional funding in the current year for them. Although, the NY state is planning to spend $450,000 next year (starting April) for monitors with veto power and will be giving the district an additional $12-15 million in school aid as per the Journal News. Will the state give the aid even if the monitor with veto power bill isn’t passed? It is also unclear if this funding is for capital improvements or just to avoid additional cuts in service. Unless the monitor is going to improve services for yeshivas it is doubtful the monitor will be getting any budget increases, meaning the state will be footing a larger portion of the budget.