"If you haven't heard, the Onteora Board of Education has decided to close one of the remaining elementary schools in the district. They won't "officially" say which one, until after the crucial May 20th vote that will decide who is in control of the school board.
But everyone knows that the current regime plans to shut down the Phoenicia Elementary School. Why Phoenicia? Because it is the smallest community in the district with the least amount of voters. We warned of this several months ago and now it is coming true.
Obviously, the present school board, heavily dominated by trustees from the town of Olive, is not going to shut down its own school. And it is not going to awake the sleeping giant by proposing shutting down the Woodstock Elementary School. Woodstock has more than twice the voters than Olive. To turn against Woodstock would be political suicide....
... We ask our readers to support the challengers in this election May 20th so this ill-advised reshuffling of the school district does not happen without more scrutiny and the help of experts."
The full editorial is available in print editions of the Ulster County Townsman.
