Ralph Legnini writes...

Hi everyone! Ralph Legnini here, writing on Sunday morning. Laurie, Ann, Donna & I have been on the go - in all four towns - meeting and greeting the folks in our Onteora School District. It's been great to talk one on one - to hear your concerns, and hear your support. This interaction will not end after election day - it will continue after your vote elects us to represent you as School Board Trustees. After three years of following the decisions of those on the current board, and the recent three candidates debates, mailings, signs, interviews, letters, newspaper articles and editorials - so many of you are totally up to speed with every issue, as well as the personalities and qualifications of all the candidates. The final step is to ride that wave of awareness and research into the voting booths at your town Elementary School this coming Tuesday, May 20th, from 2:00 to 9:00 pm. If you are home during the day - please vote early, and if you work that day - please get it done on your way home. It's your chance to have the final say.

Please vote for us, the candidates who will work for the whole of our four town community. Aside from deciding the BEST way to utilize our school buildings and transportation, we urgently need to make the schools better - from the inside out. They need to be energized again, as do all of us in our School District. We need to change the mindset that keeps us stuck in the mud of divisiveness. Parents with children in school have to step up and be involved, and our schools have to give back to those in the community, without kids, who pay taxes to help fund the district. Let's get everyone on the same page to roll up our sleeves, think smartly and creatively, and move forward together - trustees, superintendent, students, teachers, administrators, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers, aids, nurses, lunchroom staff, and community alike - to bring us all forward to a place we can be proud of. Let's make the schools we pay for be a gift to our community, the star we all revolve around - for our pre-K students taking their first steps away from home, to the seniors in our community who have walked through the world. It's your school. It's your vote.