Romanowski: Corbett Increased Funds for
Prisons More Than Schools
During Monday's Bradford Area School Board meeting, superintendent Sandra Romanowski gave a presentation about the cut in education funding in this year’s state budget. She noted that funding for prisons has increased more than funding for education.
"What are (the state's) priorities? Prisons or schools?" she asked. "If you look at many of the most vulnerable children that we have served in our community day in and day out, you will see that if nothing else is done and they don't receive good educations, and they don't receive ... the support systems that they need you will definitely have to increase your costs for prisons because those children -- many of them -- will end up there."
As the state budget stands now, the Bradford Area School District would see a decrease of $670 per student. Port Allegany and Kane would see decreases of $850 and $845 per student, respectively, and Oswayo Valley would see a decrease of $717 per student.
Also during the meeting, Bradford boys and girls basketball teams, and their fans, got accolades. Members of both teams presented District 9 Championship plaques to the board and Romanowski.
"One of the nicest things that came out of these two championships," Romanowski said, "is that all of Bradford came together. There was such a pride everywhere you went -- in the storefronts, at the schools. Everybody was rallying around the wonderful accomplishments."
Coaches Ann Nuzzo and Brian Hobbs thanked the community as well. Nuzzo thanked board members for attending games and noted that Dave Feely did not miss one home or away game.
Also during last night’s school board meeting School Street Elementary librarian Melissa Cornelius introduced several of her students whose poetry was featured in last year’s “Young American Poetry Digest.”
Cornelius said when she first started participating in the program six years ago, six or seven students had their poetry published in the digest. Last year it was 93.
Several students read either a haiku or a diamonte. Diamontes are seven-line poems about opposites. 4th-grader Emily Keltz wrote one called “Boys and Girls.” You can hear it here.
Pictured, Coach Ann Nuzzo and the Lady Owls; Coach Brian Hobbs and the Owls; Librarian Melissa Cornelius and some of her published poets from School Street Elementary.
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"What are (the state's) priorities? Prisons or schools?" she asked. "If you look at many of the most vulnerable children that we have served in our community day in and day out, you will see that if nothing else is done and they don't receive good educations, and they don't receive ... the support systems that they need you will definitely have to increase your costs for prisons because those children -- many of them -- will end up there."
As the state budget stands now, the Bradford Area School District would see a decrease of $670 per student. Port Allegany and Kane would see decreases of $850 and $845 per student, respectively, and Oswayo Valley would see a decrease of $717 per student.
Also during the meeting, Bradford boys and girls basketball teams, and their fans, got accolades. Members of both teams presented District 9 Championship plaques to the board and Romanowski."One of the nicest things that came out of these two championships," Romanowski said, "is that all of Bradford came together. There was such a pride everywhere you went -- in the storefronts, at the schools. Everybody was rallying around the wonderful accomplishments."
Coaches Ann Nuzzo and Brian Hobbs thanked the community as well. Nuzzo thanked board members for attending games and noted that Dave Feely did not miss one home or away game.Also during last night’s school board meeting School Street Elementary librarian Melissa Cornelius introduced several of her students whose poetry was featured in last year’s “Young American Poetry Digest.”
Cornelius said when she first started participating in the program six years ago, six or seven students had their poetry published in the digest. Last year it was 93.
Several students read either a haiku or a diamonte. Diamontes are seven-line poems about opposites. 4th-grader Emily Keltz wrote one called “Boys and Girls.” You can hear it here.
Pictured, Coach Ann Nuzzo and the Lady Owls; Coach Brian Hobbs and the Owls; Librarian Melissa Cornelius and some of her published poets from School Street Elementary.
WESB photos
The news leader of the Twin Tiers ...since 1947
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