Comments by howieonlinePage 1 of 1 Posted on September 3 at 4:15 p.m. (Suggest removal) Draper School was approved to be in Schenectady County, therefore was able to be used by ICSS which received money from City of Schenectady School District. What the hell I am saying is, instead of trying to get rid of a school that was not given ample time to show performance, Mr. Ely right from the beginning wanted to close ICSS because it was costing the District too much money. In essence, using Draper School or even allowing ICSS to continue to operate would be A HELL OF A LOT CHEAPER THAN LEASING 3 NEW SCHOOLS FOR 5 YEARS!!!! GET IT??? Posted on September 3 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal) Mr. Ely. What are you thinking? Let's close down a school that just refurbished everything because it was too much money not in the City School Districts pocket anymore. Well then lets lease 3 schools that will cost more than the original school that was functioning. Better yet, why not just move into the school ICSS vacated. Now that would make sense, and you have not made sense since ICSS started. Stupid move on behalf of tax payers. Oh ya, you think we need to pay more next year? I'm sure you think so! Posted on July 8 at 11:33 a.m. (Suggest removal) Ms. Proctor...you had no right to cut the school. You should submit your resume for inadequate perfomance on your part. I hope Ely really lined your pockets just as the Teachers Union does. You are pathetic as a director.... Posted on May 12 at 4:58 p.m. (Suggest removal) That's because Ely wants mo money for himself. With all the kids re-attending the City District, why do they have to raise my taxes again. Charter School worked for many, difficult for some. I agree...Ely, you won the battle. Pay up and move on... Posted on April 3 at 1 p.m. (Suggest removal) Hey Roberta. You moved next to a School. It used to be a School. It's now a School. It still might be a Schenecty District School. Live with it or move... Posted on April 1 at 12:22 p.m. (Suggest removal) Apparently Web is misunderstood by what her kids tell her. Ask your kid in high school how much "pot" is at the High School. They'll be hesitant at first and deny it. All in all we do pay taxes for any school. It should be a choice on where you want to send your child. With all the kids in private schools, Web, they pay taxes too and get nothing in return. Perhaps if the School Districts refunded the taxes to those Private School Parents, would Ely want them closed too? Get a grip Web!! Posted on March 17 at 3:42 p.m. (Suggest removal) It is unfortunate that the only other outlet in Schenectady's District was ICSS. Many of those kids were/are very bright and should have been given another year from their transition. Posted on February 21 at 10:30 a.m. (Suggest removal) The cost per student is set by the State Charter System. Example: It costs $7500.00 to teach a child K-8 and $10,500.00 for kids 9-12. Charter Schools will only get one certain amount, $9500.00 no matter what grade the child is in. ICSS was designed, and has redone inside, a complete High School setting. Expecting that grades 9-12 was to be set in place there. In the end, the State sees it washes itself. As far as the City "losing" money for each child, yes about $2000.00 in the example above, but if they get approved for High School, ICSS would be losing money. The State sets the mandates through the Charter Institute in Albany. Now seeing there are less kids in the City Schools, they are not teaching those kids anymore. So why would they want the money? They don't have the kids to teach. http://www.newyorkcharters.org/forms/pub... This website gives alot of infomation about how the Charter Schools work and implemented. The School is in Rotterdam and it was required to get special permission from the State, Charter Institute, Rotterdam and Schenectady. There were no buildings available in Schenectady at the time they needed to upgrade. The new school is on the tax roles for Schenectady County. Posted on February 20 at 9:30 a.m. (Suggest removal) I believe the Charter School has done a very good job. My kids "were" part of the school for a few years. After the dismissal of Sabis, we chose not to keep them in there. Forturnately, with all said, the Charter School has positioned my children better in the City District than the kids already in the City Schools. The advancement of my kids from Charter School is exceptional. They have advanced a grade each. I know teachers and have friends at Charter. It was rough at first this school year, but it does show improvement for the children in the long run. If you are not apart of the Charter Community, or never been apart of the Community, you should keep your comments to yourself. Gneer1730 has no basis for the remarks made by them 2/20/08. Substitute teachers for one day is not enough time for recommendation or non-recommendation for something. Page 1 of 1 |
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November 23, 2008
Posted on September 6 at 12:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes I was a supporter of ICSS. It's the only option available to Schenectady Residents other than private schooling, which is highly priced. Unfortunately, yes the management was run horrible near the end. If you remember from the beginning the City Schools were against the idea because of what they were going to pay. If ICSS went 8-12 grades also, the education dollars would have been less paid to ICSS. The cost per student is set by the State Charter System. Example: It costs $7500.00 to teach a child K-8 and $10,500.00 for kids 9-12. Charter Schools will only get one certain amount, $9500.00 no matter what grade the child is in. In the end, the State sees it washes itself. As far as the City "losing" money for each child, yes about $2000.00 in the example above, but if they get approved for High School, ICSS would be losing money. The State sets the mandates through the Charter Institute in Albany. 5. Funding And Facilities
5.1 How are charter schools funded?
As public schools, charter schools are funded by public tax dollars that pass through the student's school district of residence. A portion of the per-pupil amount that a school district spends follows a student to the charter school. It is important to note that because not all monies received by a school district are included in the calculation, charter schools receive only between 60-80% of what school districts actually spend on a per-pupil basis. For a list of the amounts that would follow a student from particular districts, please visit the State Education Department's website at http://stateaid.nysed.gov. For details on how the amount per-pupil, i.e., the "average operating expense/total aidable pupil units" is determined, please refer to § 2856(1) of the Education Law. One detail of the calculation is worth noting in particular. The per-pupil amount that follows a student to a charter school is calculated based on prior years' expenditures. Accordingly, any increase ordecrease in spending by a district in a given year will not affect the amount paid to the charter school until later years.
Any additional aid received by the district attributable to students with disabilities would flow to the charter school if the charter school provides, directly or indirectly, the funded special education services. http://www.newyorkcharters.org/forms/gen... . Residents were not fully informed of these procedures. Perhaps you are one of "Those".
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