Syracuse schools, facing ongoing fiscal and state aid challenges, to hold Feb. 25 community forum
Stakeholders of the Syracuse City School District will gather at H.W. Smith K-8 School on Tuesday, February 25, to draw attention to the ongoing fiscal challenges facing the city’s schools, develop a solid understanding of the key issues and learn how to be effective advocates for their children, schools and communities.
The event, “Our Children, Our Schools…Our Future!,’’ has been organized by the Central New York School Boards Association, in partnership with United Syracuse, to bring together concerned citizens of all backgrounds for an informative and inspiring forum that will let them know what is at stake if the SCSD does not receive additional state aid. United Syracuse is a coalition of Syracuse families, businesses and labor and community organizations that has come together to advocate for equitable state funding for the school district.
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The February 25 program will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. and end promptly at 8:30 p.m. H.W. Smith K-8 School is located at 1130 Salt Springs Road, Syracuse.
The featured presenter for the forum is Dr. Rick Timbs, Executive Director of the Statewide School Finance Consortium. Dr. Timbs will address the complexities of state aid and the overwhelming need for millions of dollars of additional aid in the Syracuse City School District.
The forum is being coordinated by the Central New York School Boards Association in partnership with United Syracuse.
CNYSBA’s mission is to inform public school board members about critical issues affecting public education and the operation of public schools and to mobilize board members to effectively influence stakeholders outside the schools who also share responsibility for the education of our children.
For more information, including a list of member districts, please visit CNYSBA at www.cnysba.org.
