New York Governor Kathy Hochul is becoming extremely aggressive after her success in the last election. She successfully fortified the election against the Republican Party. She is ready to pass any initiatives she wants and won’t worry about losing seats. New York is quickly becoming a one-party state, and it will be permanent within the next few elections. Her latest order is a takeover of all Long Island schools.
Long Island has an outstanding school system. I have been lucky enough to work in it. It has survived the Department of Education mandates. The teachers are excellent, and the parents are involved. The schools are provably among the best in the nation.
Hochul has produced an “Emergency Order” from the New York State Department of Education titled “Regionalization.”
The North Shore Leader reports she plans to put all schools under state control.
Under the Hochul Order, school districts would remain able to levy taxes and maintain school buildings, but the power over Superintendents, Principals, teachers, curriculum, and students would be taken over by a “Regional Superintendent” from BOCES, appointed by Hochul’s education department.
Targeting the Republican Suburbs
It’s a power grab targeting suburbs that mostly vote Republican.
Under the Regionalization Order, the Superintendent of every Long Island school district will answer to the Regional Superintendent appointed through the NYS government’s BOCES. That Regional BOCES Superintendent will have final authority over the School District Superintendents.
The School Boards will be stripped of authority over the Superintendent, Principals, administrators, and teachers at the schools. Local districts will only get to tax.
It’s a way to make the schools mediocre like the rest of the nation. Parents need to maintain control of their schools. A regional set of bosses will be unaccountable.
The Order was issued as an “Emergency Order” to avoid the state’s Administrative Procedures Law. This way, Hochul avoids public hearings and meetings before the NYS Senate and Assembly committees.
School districts can’t opt out.
It is what Democrats want for the nation — total control. They don’t want an attractive suburb where burned-out urbanites can escape.
Hochul will still take our exorbitant taxes and the schools will become dumps like the city schools.
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She is horrible and needs to go with the rest of the democrats.
Statewide Election.
Look how the Presidental election played out.
Can’t have that. Educated students will vote republican.
What’s next? Taking kids from parents to raise and educate them in state run indoctrination centers? Try to think two steps ahead on how this might evolve. I think parents should be very concerned.
So looks like 2 choices from an outsider:
#1: fight like hell against the state’s encroachment.
#2: use the power you have through taxation by bringing it to zero and bankrupt everything
Maybe other options, but these two come to mind most quickly
Hochul is a Nazi.
The Democrats are Nazis!
Everything they call us, it’s a Smoke screen, they shout first and louder to assume the high ground and take the attention off of Who and What “THEY” are!