Monday, Dec 23rd

Residents Voice Support for Proposed Scarsdale School Budget

shsfrontWe are residents of Scarsdale and the Mamaroneck Strip -- young and old, community volunteers and leaders, families and empty-nesters, and all points in between -- who will vote "YES" to support the Scarsdale School Budget.

We urge you to Vote "Yes" because:

  • The Budget maintains class size practices at all levels, K-12, and foreign language studies and instrumental music at the elementary schools.
  • The proposed Fitness, health and learning center and plant upgrade will serve all SHS students -- male and female, athletes and non-athletes -- for years to come.
  • The renovation is an essential first step to accommodate future growth needs and flexible/collaborative learning opportunities.
  • The Budget proposes among the lowest year-over-year budget growth rates in years, and the non-personnel budget is reduced from what it was five years ago.
  • Draining reserve balances further to fill some of the gap would leave an even larger revenue hole next year and in future years, leading to further program cuts or large tax spikes.
  • A defeat of the budget would likely lead to over $700,000 in cuts (with High School teacher and librarian positions among the first cuts likely to be considered).

Please take the ten minutes to drive to the Middle School between 7am and 9 pm and vote in favor of the 2013-14 budget.

Help achieve the required 60% supermajority 'Yes' vote.


Help preserve the national-landmark Scarsdale public education system that makes Scarsdale the special place it is.

YOUR VOTE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THIS YEAR MORE THAN EVER!!

Thank you.

Amy Paulin and Ira Schuman
Carolyn and Michael Stevens
Tom and Harriet Sobol
Stephie and Bill Miller
Rita Golden
Carl and Betty Pforzheimer
Ed Morgan
Norman Alterman
Barbara Jaffe
Arthur and Erika Rublin
Moira Crouch Bandsma
David M. Brodsky
Nell Brodsky
James Dugan
Peter and Miriam Popp Seeley
Leah and David Dembitzer
Jeff Spiegel
Susan Kessler Ross and Seth Ross
Lisa Messinger and Aaron Panken
Charlotte Carr
Liz Whitney
Suzanne Glaser
Pamela Fuehrer
Mary Beth Evans and Dan Moretti
Barbara Jaffe
Gayle and Andrew Hutcher
Rippy Phillips
Michelle and Frank Lichtenberg
Lynne and Merrell Clark Stephanie Glaser
Pam Rubin
Lisa and Jordan Copeland
Kristin and Gary Friedman
Mitchell Seider
Eli and Elaine Mattioli
Jennifer Constantin
John and Erika McCann
Vincent and Debra Franco
Jonathan Tamir
Mike and Melissa Barletta
Melissa Cates and Roger Claman
Jennifer and Mark Rossano
Denise Josephs
Lauren Mintzer
Dalit Stern
Lisa Rodman
Eileen Donovan
Karen and Rob Ceske
Jane and Jay Cohen
Shirley and Hyman Shwiel
Maura Wogan and Ken Schacter
Emily and Ira Kirschenbaum
Jeffrey and Melanie Spivak
Ruth Raisfeld and Len Benowich
Victoria C. Silver
Jon Leslie
Kathryn and James Brandt
Ottilie Jarmel and R. Craig Tracy
Nancy and Bruce Frank
Debbie and David Rapaport
Carmen Hall
Beth Cukier
Samantha Shabman
Ruth and Andrew Suzman
Felisa DiSanto
Melissa and Eric Berridge
Bill and Liz McInerney
Lee and Nan Berke
Nancy and David Michaels
Nancy and John Alderman
Allison Beitler
Leslie and Campbell Anderson
Lucy D'Ambrosio
Diane and Marc Greenwald
Margie and Morgan Miller
Xue Shi
Jocelyn and Scott Sontag
Dan and Margot Milberg
Jeri and Andy Casden
Valerie and Steven Abrahams
Susan Freedman
Brett and Jennifer Fischer
Denise and Jeff Rothberg
Lynn and Michael Pollack
Beth and Jeff Gelles
Caren and Jonathan Greenhouse
Liz and Steve Gruber
Alice Singer Gorelick
Sybil and Harvey Barten
Amanda and Baboo Rangaiah
Jeff and Susie Stern
William Rosenstadt
Suzanne and Sean Kelly
Mary Goldblatt
Marie and Nick Girardi
Kristin Krohn
Peter and Alice Herman
Jennifer Schmelkin
Terry Singer
Leora Rub
Ed and Alice Howard
Andrea and John Brandt Dana Matsushita
Leesa Chalk Suzman
Linda Plattus
Isabel and Jonathan Finegold
Jennifer Gross
Denise B. Koslowsky
Cynthia and Marc Samwick
Heather Gilchriest Meili and Stephan Meili
Amy Frank
Kim Burnham
Anne and Michael Moretti
Christine Sloben and Mike Lewis
Michelle Sterling and David Fenigstein
Jane and Jim Buck
Charlotte and Rick Carr
Liz and Ken Whitney
Dr. Harry Fisch and Karen Fisch
Debra Lagapa and Bill Squadron
Dr. Monica Rieckhoff and John Spiro
Sara and David Kober
Linda and Sal Oliverio
Theresa and Keith Goldberg
Erica and Peter Zurkow
Dr. Stephen Nicholas and Eileen Nicholas
Kathy and Ed Coleman
Mitch and Rachel Katz
Tracey and Bob Lee
Kathy and Michael Cutlip
June and Neil Winward
Tricia and Bill McFarland
Carrie and Howard Belk
Rusty and Angela Varlotta
Jane and Jim Felix
Anne and Mark Ellman
Penny and Paul Bauersfeld
Beth and Peter Dell'Orto
Geoff and Carol Fitzgerald
Lisa and Warren Dodge
Rick Knief
Geralyn and Ralph DellaCava
Catherine and Tom Souther
Margeret and Larry Smith
Monica and Henry Aboodi
Karen Brew
Kim and David Goldban
Laurie and Larry Medvinsky
Joan Taback Frankle
Judy and Peter Hamra
Monica Fried
Claudine Gecel and Stephen Sabba
Felisa DiSanto
Susan and John Gevertz
Jenny Glucksman
Debbie and Steven Singer
John and Jacquie Walter
Jon and Nicole Ungar
Howard Nadel
Anna Decker and Alan Lowenfels
Linda Blair and Bill Doescher
Betsy and Peter Evans
Viveca Teuber
Lauren Kessler
Dr. Nancy and Steven L. Kirshenbaum
Joy Henshel
Vic Goldberg
Harvey Ashman and Linda Doucette-Ashman
Olga and Simon Eligulashvili
Jill Scheuer and Keith Pattiz
Kelly and Alan Ware
Jennifer Barrett
Beth and Danny Bernstein
and the
Coalition for Scarsdale Schools
Arthur S. Rublin, Chair
Jeff Spiegel, Treasurer
Moira Crouch Bandsma (Edgewood);
Jim Dugan (Fox Meadow);
Miriam Popp Seeley (Greenacres);
David M. Brodsky (Heathcote);
Leah Dembitzer (Quaker Ridge)