I am writing to support Nora Johnson, Larry Greenstein and Elizabeth Weisburd for school board and urge you to vote yes for the budget on May 18.
The past year plus has been an unprecedented time for all of us, and the crisis for the school district is not over. Port Washington needs experienced individuals that know the job and want it for the right reasons.
It is very easy for candidates to have ideas or make promises about things that they don’t take the time to understand. It is dangerous, however, for voters to believe things just because people say them. We need to pay attention and understand the facts from the fiction.
Port Washington needs a Board of Education that reflects its community because the entire community has a say in our schools, not just the parents of younger children.
We need the global perspective that is only attained by parenting children through our district and beyond. We need representation of all of our parents because the view from the other side is a lot different than the view from within it, and they are both of great value.
We need a balance with our seven trustees, and we need the balance so they can govern properly considering all of those perspectives.
We need trustees with experience in this role and people that are doing it for the right reasons. We need to know that while every decision made may not be the most popular, it will be for the right reasons: based on the best information and the recommendations from our professionals. Board trustees are elected to govern, not manage.
Port Washington still needs Nora Johnson, Larry Greenstein and Elizabeth Weisburd. Don’t forget to vote on May 18.
Karen Sloan
Port Washington
The condescension is crazy here. To the parents, this group of people thinks we’re idiots and can’t understand complex issues. Because people like Beth and Nora obviously knew everything when they came in, right? Please… It’s about the ability to solve complex problems, not maintaining the status quo when things are clearly broken.
And maybe we don’t fully understand the issues because Boards past and present have massive issues with transparency.
Not one of these incumbents knows a thing about the challenges in Manorhaven at the moment. The last two decades have been disappointing for our children. It’s not fair to place all of the blame on these incumbents, but it is fair to place some of it.