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Fonda's Fiscal Future

 I am a senior class officer at Fonda-Fultonville Central School who is worried for the future of my district even after I graduate. The budget cuts proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo would be devastating to the entire student body and EVERY student will be affected whether it’s through cuts to technology, music, business, foreign language, sports, clubs, or advanced courses offered by our district. The last meeting to discuss the budget was attended by approximately forty people, most of them being faculty and staff of the district. How can the community vote on a budget for the upcoming school year if they are not attending the meetings that discuss the most crucial and devastating budget cuts of our school’s history? The Fonda-Fultonville Central School District has been a leader as well as a role model to the other schools in the Capital Region for as long as I remember. With some of the highest test scores and graduation rates in the area, how we can strip this from the students who work so hard and have so much pride in the work they do?

I have been fortunate to be able to attend such a wonderful school for most of my education and I would not have wanted to go anywhere else. There is always something to do or someone to talk to if you need anything. I have been lucky enough to be involved with many groups, sports, and activities offered at our school. I have also been able to choose classes from the many courses offered by our business department including marketing, accounting, financial management, and computer courses. These courses have prepared me to pursue an education in Business Administration and have given me the skills I need to have great confidence going into the future. These teachers care about each student and truly want to see each and every student succeed.  I have also been able to participate in band, art, technology, advanced college courses, Soccer, Track, Cross-Country, and have been inducted into the National Honor Society. If our district’s funding is cut as much as it is projected, every single one of these activities will be eliminated.  While I have been academically successful, some students don’t react to the same environment as others and aren’t as driven to succeed. Often these students come to school solely for the elective classes offered, so that they can work on a project that they enjoy doing and might want to pursue in the future.  Without these classes and programs to keep these kids in school, who says they will stay enrolled?

Now is the time to contact Governor Cuomo and fight for our District before it’s too late. The students of this district deserve the best education possible and the budget cuts proposed will not permit that to take place.

A list of our local representatives and their contact information is on the school district’s website www.fondafultonvilleschools.org

 

 

 

 

 

Interview with:

Monica Wendell, Grade 11

 

“I like my art, music, and college programs. Students are going to be sad because the programs they’ve known to love won’t be offered next year. The community will also be saddened because their students will be losing their valuable education thanks to Governor Andrew Cuomo.”

 

Interview with:

Nikki Hathaway, High School librarian, Fonda-Fultonville High School

 

-The budget effects would affect the students the most

-There would be no variety of quality classes and with major cuts in technology students would be far behind competing students. It would also affect the other aspects of student’s lives because they’d never be introduced to chorus and band.

-There should be research to see what would have the biggest impact on the students to see what we cut first.

“What incentives will they have to make students come to school?”

“Where are you Governor Cuomo?”

“It’s strictly Cuomo’s fault.” 

-Wish Cuomo would visit rural schools (not necessary Fonda) to see how much kids are there to learn.

-Board of Education should figure out each township’s increase of taxes

“If we knew the real facts not propaganda a wiser choice would be made”

-Every kid in the school should have an iPad

-Someone needs to tell the community how many of the teachers and staff give back (Teachers pay for raffles to donate money every Friday. They also give lunch money /tissues/pens/paper) “Are we supposed to toot our own horn? That’s not very Christian.”

“We have the best students. It’s sad someone failed the system.”

-Voter’s should decide to bring back kindergarten, sports, & the fine arts back into the budget. The community will say yes.”

“How will students compete with other students for college?”

-If students have no extracurricular activates they could lose a spot in the college they want to get into.

 

Interview with:

Kristin M., Parent/taxpayer

 

“I think education programs are definitely more important than extracurricular but I hate to see my programs get cut completely because I know how much my kids enjoyed them in school. As a taxpayer I don’t want to face a huge tax increase so I think that the administration and the teachers should work together to find a compromise that’s acceptable to everybody. The school board and the teachers need to be aware that the economy is still struggling and taxpayers can’t afford to keep dishing out unlimited funds.”

 

 

Jesse Mars


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Unique Business

Caitlan Leduc                                                                                    1/6/12

    There are many businesses in the world that are alike such as bakeries and fast food restaurants. While looking up an object to organize my locker, I happened to come across different kinds of locker items. The website that I came across was www.LockerLookz.com. On the website they sell magnetic wallpaper, fashion bins, flowers, rugs, lamps, chandeliers, mirrors, and dry-erase boards. The chandeliers and lamps both run on AAA batteries. The lamps and chandeliers come in both black and white. The chandelier is held up to the top of the locker by magnets. The wallpaper comes in all different designs, like zebra print and is placed on the inside of your locker by magnets as well.  The bins are just little organizing items that hang on the door. The mirrors are all one solid color and are also magnetic. The rugs are little things that are a solid color, like green that fit into the bottom of the locker. I asked a few people what they thought about this product. One of the students said that he wouldn’t buy this product. The second person said no as well.


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A trip to the 9/11 Memorial

A PHEONIX RISES FROM THE ASHES

By Michael Klotz 12/16/11

Gone but not forgotten-New York City is rebuilding after America was attacked on September 11, 2001, by terrorists. Two of the attacks took place in New York City; the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed when two planes crashed into them. The city of New York suffered a major toll from these attacks, Thousands of people were killed and two New York City icons were destroyed.

Ever since then Ground Zero has been under construction with four new buildings being built, a museum, and a memorial in the middle with two reflecting pools where the towers originally were and the same size of the towers. The names of the dead are engraved on the outside of the pool. The 9/11 memorial was open to the public on the 10th anniversary of the attacks but only to the families of the deceased. The next day it was open to the public and still is.

In order to get in visitors need to get a visitor pass which is free either online or in the city at the building that says 9/11 Memorial. They only let a certain amount of people enter because the area around it is a construction zone because of the new world trade center buildings being built.

I went to the city on November 26 to see the memorial and new World Trade Center Building which has been renamed from the Freedom Tower to One World Trade Center. The steel reaches the 88th floor and is going to retake the New York skyline as the tallest building in New York at 104 floors and 1,776 feet tall. The memorial looks beautiful. The only thing is the tree leaves fell off because it was in November so it probably would have looked better with the leaves on the trees. The reflecting pools were amazing. They were as wide as the towers used to be and had the names of all the deceased. One person left a rose in the name of someone they knew.

If you’re ever in New York City it is really something you should go and see because the amount of thought that went into the memorial is just amazing.        


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Walt Disney

WALT DISNEY WORLD: WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE

By: Caitlan Leduc                                                                    1/19/12

On my last family trip, we went to the most wonderful place in Orlando, Florida. This place is where your dreams may come true: Walt Disney World.

 While we were there, we stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. This resort is cool because when a person walks around they are able to see animals (even near the room window). The employees call the resort “your home.” During our vacation, we went to all the different parks. My favorite ride is in the Magic Kingdom, in the Tomorrow Land. This roller coaster is known as Space Mountain. It’s an indoor outerspace themed roller coaster for all ages. While in the Magic Kingdom it’s better to get a fast pass for Space Mountain due to the long waits most of the time. While in Hollywood Studios a roller coaster fanatic should check out the Tower of Terror and the Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster. The Tower of Terror is less busy in the morning because of all the shows for the kids the parents take them to. I was able to try a PBJ milkshake while at this park. The last ride is in Animal Kingdom park, its name is Expedition Everest. This ride is for people who like to go to high places and like to go backwards.

I asked Charles Parslow some questions about Disney. He said “he has never gone to Disney, but would like to because it seems like a bigger Great Escape”. I hope the information above helps anyone who decides to go to Disney, especially with what rides to ride and at what time.


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