What’s All the Fuss About?
We all live on a peninsula called Great Neck. There are 40,000 of us here and while we are all Americans, we are all pretty different. We also have the top school district in NY state and are in the top ten nationwide. That’s not bad! According to Niche.com Great Neck Public Schools get an A+ rating. We win 2017 Best School Districts in New York (#1 of 670), 2017 Districts with the Best Teachers in New York (#1 of 574), 2017 Best Places to Teach in New York (#1 of 553) So, what’s all the fuss about bonds and…
How much will the bond cost me?
Taxes are calculated on the assessed value of your home. Click here to find the assessed value of your home. You can either enter your address or you can enter the Section, Block, and Lot information to find your home. Under the photos of your property, you will find a table with the information you are looking for. Under the Values tab, you will find the Fair Market Value of your home as recorded by Nassau County. Enter that value below and the calculator will tell you what your 2017-18 school taxes will be. The additional cost of the bond is included…
Thoughts from the March 13th BOE Meeting
I attended the BOE meeting last night, 3/13/17 and learned that the Board has listened to the community and has plans to reduce the size of the Bond proposal by approximately $20m to $68.3926m. The reductions being made to the new building projects at Clover and Cumberland and a reduction in the scope of the Baker proposal. I commend the Board for listening to the community and making these cuts to the proposal. As Mrs. Berkowitz said last night, this is a Bond for the whole community. See my earlier comments here.
Thoughts from the March 9th Board of Education Meeting
Attendees at last night’s BOE meeting represented a fascinating mix of perspectives from our diverse GN community. We came together to discuss the state of the bond and we quickly broke into different camps. The teachers and administrators stood and passionately told stories about their babies. How in some classrooms the windows don’t open for air in the summer, there is no AC leaving young children lethargic and unfocused, and a lack of heat in the winter means that teachers have to wear their hats and gloves indoors. The staff begged us to fund the bond to provide essential upgrades…