Recent Activity
The
4th R:
REDEFINING
LITERACY
THURSDAY, March 18
@ Michael's
4885 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg
David Warlick presents a new vision for the classroom
that is changing
our definitions of teaching.
6-7:00 Dinner || 7-8:00 Presentation 8-8:30 Questions and Dialogue
$25.00 registration includes
dinner and speaker.
Interested district administration, staff and other colleagues
also may register for this program.
For Info: snowak@e1b.org
or 716-821-7297.
Your Representative
on ECIDA
As President of the Erie County Association of School Boards, Richard
Vogan assumes a seat on the board of directors of the Erie County Industrial
Development Agency. To monitor ECIDA issues, please check announcements
and meeting minutes at http://www.ecidany.com/
about_us.asp
The $25 FORT
The next NYS-mandated 6-hour Fiscal Oversight and Responsibility Training
for school board members will be on Saturday, June 12 at Erie 1 BOCES,
355 Harlem Road, West Seneca. Member rate is $25.
Non-member rate is $125. Sign in is from 8:45-9 a.m. and the program begins
at 9 a.m.
For more info: 716-821-7297. Please register through your Superintendent's
Office.
Why A Tax Cap
Is Not the Answer
A tax cap does not reduce mandates, or costs over which districts have no control. Click here for ECASB's position on why a tax cap is not the answer to high property taxes. More information is below, from the testimony of area school board members and superintendents at the Oct. 30, 2008 NYS Commission on Property Tax Relief Hearing in Buffalo.
ECASB Points
of Agreement:
David Smaczniak, ECASB Executive Board Member and NYSSBA Area 1 Representative
Special Education: James Bodziak, East Aurora School Superintendent
Mandate Relief: James P. Mazgajewski, Cheektowaga-Sloan School Superintendent
NYS School Boards Report on Maximizing School District Resources: Wayne Schlifke, NYSSBA President
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The Erie County Association of School Boards provides to member boards leadership & support which promote the effective management & delivery of services to our public school students.
Campus Construction Management Group, Inc.,
LPCiminelli,
Hodgson Russ and
Turner Construction
are proud sponsors of ECASB.org
09-10
ECASB Calendar
The ECASB Awards Deadline is March 10 ... submit your nominations
now!
Diana
Miller Award -
Laura Burns Award - Excellence
in Collaboration Award
photo by Kris Ward
ECASB Legislative Breakfast
"Freeze and Roll" was the theme of this year's ECASB Legislative
Breakfast, the 32nd annual conversation among area school boards and members
of the WNY Delegation. Part of the strategy to manage costs in difficult
economic times is to freeze new mandates and rollback some of the existing
unfunded and underfunded mandates, said ECASB Legislative Team leader Lorie
Sabo, a member of the Erie 2 CC BOCES Board of Education. ECASB distributed
a booklet
calling for an end to redundant reporting requirements, such as the
internal audit functions, and multiple, duplicative reporting requirements.
These functions are mandated, but offer little or no new information, and
cost both time and money. ECASB also shared with legislators their member
districts' "Top 3" unfunded and underfunded mandates. Other cost
drivers also were discussed, with both school boards and the legislators
in attendance acknowledging that this was the beginning of ongoing dialogue
on these issues.
The Legislative Breakfast was sponsored by Robitaille Real
Estate and held in partnership with the League of Women Voters, Western
Region PTA, Erie-Niagara School Superintendents Association, WNY School
Business Officials, WNY Association of School Personnel Administrators,
WNY School Public Relations Association, Erie County Association of Educational
Office Professionals, CIDEL (Committee for Identifying and Developing Educational
Leaders), IIDAB (Instructional Development Advisory Board),
and Promoting Partnerships in Public Education, Inc.
Sharing
Our Best:
Collaboration Updates from Area School Districts
To share news about collaboration activities, please
complete this document and send to Shirley
Nowak for posting on our Web site.
SHARING OUR BEST from Cheektowaga Central Schools
All Day Career Seminars for 100 Seniors
Cheektowaga Alliance for Healthy Communities
Affiliation with ECC for College Success
Career Exploration Internship Program
Developing A High School Health Care Academy
UB/Cheektowaga High School Partnership
REM Grant: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools
SHARING OUR BEST from Erie 1 BOCES: Cost Management Practices Which Reflect the Needs of the Western New York Region
SHARING OUR BEST from Grand Island Central School District: Board Linkage Meetings to Foster School Improvement
ECASB 09-10 Exec Board & Officers
ECASB Officers
President: Richard Vogan (Lake Shore)
Vice President: Ray Carr (Cheektowaga, Erie 1 BOCES)
Treasurer: Linda Hoffman (Erie 2 BOCES)
At-Large Members:
Melissa Brinson (Ken-Ton)
David Goris (Grand Island)
Kathyann Lorka (East Aurora)
Casey Neyman (Hamburg)
Donald Sniezak (Orchard Park)
Buffalo Representative: Mary Ruth Kapsiak
Superintendent Representative: Geoff Hicks (Sweet Home)
Immediate Past President: Mary Busse (West Seneca)
NYSSBA Area 1 Director: Linda Hoffman (Erie 2 CC BOCES)
ECASB
Legislative Position Statements
ECASB UPDATES ARCHIVE:
ECASB Update: Back to School 2008
ECASB
Update Back-to-School 07
ECASB
Update Fall 07
ECASB
Update Mid-Fall 07
ECASB
Update Spring 08
ECASB
Update Year-End 0708
Phone: (716) 821-7297 - Fax: (716) 821-7296
