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Beacon News May 14th 2003 |
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Visiting Rotarians Robert Metzger - Canandaigua
Guests Dan Hedberg – Brad Shea Carol Tegas – Pat Dottore Jeff Gold – Sue Edgett Sgt. Pat Phelan – Rick Antelli Tom Sime – Rich Vogelzang Christine McCaffery Carol Stehm Dave Dimpleby Steve Ayers Dr. John Cooper.
Birthdays None
Anniversaries Hugh & Barbara Outterson Andy & Mary Velard
Announcements Monday May 19th. The monthly Board meeting will be held on Tom Shay’s new boat in Shumway’s marina or if weather inclimate at his house on Wood dr. If you are not a board member, and you are planning on attending, please contact President Bill to RSVP.
President Bill read the proclamation the Greece Rotary Club received from the Hilton School District the night before recognizing the club as a “Friend of Education” for their support of the Northwood Elementary School Science Camp program for Kids at Risk.
Upcoming Events Monthly Board meeting- Tom Shay’s boat or house Club Assembly May 21st Installation Dinner -June 6th. Frank Ardino ‘s band, Power Company, will be the entertainment for the evening. Camp Haccomo Spring Cleanup -May 31st. 9 am- noon. Rotary Baseball Game – Sunday June 1st . Greece Rotary Golf Tournament Monday June 9th Carlotta’s Going Way Party – Saturday June 14th. LPGA Hole in One Contest – May 28th- June 6th. LPGA – June 16th – June 22nd.
Club Assembly May 21st - At next week’s meeting we will be inducting four new members.
Golf Tournament – we need golf sponsors. See Sue Edgett or Gene Noga for details. The committee will be meeting next Monday @ 5:30 pm. The meeting will be held at the Greece Chamber of Commerce. Tom Nolan will be giving an update on the financing so far for the tournament.
Greg Halstead will be coordinating the grouping of individual golfer who comes to the tournament without a foursome.
Gene Noga mentioned that door prizes are needed for the raffles to be held during the day.
Rotary Baseball Game- the district will be holding its annual Redwings baseball game June 1st. The tickets are $4.50 for reserved, $7.00 for Upper Box and $8.00 for Premium Box seats. Some of the money for tickets stays with the club as a fundraiser. The deadline is May 19th. LPGA – Del Smith -LPGA schedule is available at weekly meeting for members to sign up for their shifts. If a members works three or more shifts they will be entitled to a full week pass to the tournament. Help is greatly needed Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
If you plan on having a neighbor or spouse help at the concession tent, Del needs their name and address so he can submit it to the LPGA so they will be covered from an insurance standpoint. Carlotta’s Going Way Party – Saturday June 14th Carlotta is leaving June 26th. There will be a going away party for her either June 14th. The party will be Kim Putman’s house. The party will begin around 4 pm. Please bring a dessert to pass if you plan on attending. There is a sign up sheet at the weekly meeting. Attached to this newsletter is the most recent update of the schedule for the LPGA Food Tent and the Hole in One Contest.
LPGA Hole in One Contest – May 28th- June 6th Sign up sheet at weekly meeting. Please call Chuck Krause ASAP. Help is sorely needed. Fining with Paul.
Upcoming Meeting Schedule
May 21 - Club Assembly &
Chuck Chapin will be talking to the club about Rotary Foundation.
50/50 – Doug DeVey
Today’s Program Dr. John Cooper, Superintendent of the Hilton School District was our speaker today. He began by introducing the three principals at the schools that educate the Greece resident students that attend the Hilton schools. Christine McCaffery is the principal at Northwood Elementary on North Greece road. Carol Stehm is the principal at Merton Williams Middle School and Dave Dimbleby is the High School principal both located in the village of Hilton. Steve Ayers the Assistant Superintendent in charge of finances was also here today to give part of the program on the upcoming Hilton School District Budget vote. This has been a very difficult budget to develop. Because of the State's fiscal crisis and the fact that a state budget had not been passed at the time our Board of Education adopted our Budget Proposal, we are estimating our revenues from the State based upon the governor's proposal. Additionally, since the legislature has passed preliminary budget proposals, we are also sharing the positive impact this could have. Clearly speaking, there is a range of what might happen, depending upon the State’s actions. We will give you that range so that you can have a better idea of where we are. The Budget Proposal is our attempt at continuing to support higher academic achievement for all students within the community's ability to provide the economic support. This is a balancing act and it's what we've tried to do in developing this budget. This past fall we began the budget process. We scrutinized every line item in the budget to ensure increased accountability, thus allowing us the ability to more accurately project our expenditures. We have continued to monitor and study our budget scenario throughout the year. We have worked with the Administrative Cabinet and Board of Education and 12 budget committees to trim the budget as much as possible with as little impact on students and programs as possible. We have reduced our staff again this year by 12 positions including administration, teaching and support staff. We believe that children are our future and that our role is to do the best job we possibly can to prepare them for that future. This budget is about students and programs and the community's ability to provide the economic support for them. The Budget Proposal also continues our support as we enter our fourth year of the five year long range strategic plan entitled "Excellence in Student Learning." Over 66 initiatives are outlined in the plan in 14 different areas encompassing all aspects of our school district. [A complete description of the Plan is located on the District Web Site http://www.hilton.k12.ny.us .] It focuses our energies on continuous improvement and excellence in each of our areas to support the excellence in student learning we are striving for. Look for some of the highlights of this year's successes with our students on page six @ http://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/BudgetInsight2003.pdf . We truly are trying to soar to new heights and build on the momentum that has been set in the past years. We believe in the past three years we have been able to do more with less and we continue on that theme this year. Our per pupil expenditure of $10,413 is the lowest per-pupil expenditure in Monroe County. The average in Monroe County is $12,591per pupil, with the high being $13,654. If we merely spent at the average of Monroe County school districts, we would be presenting a budget that is nine million dollars higher and the tax burden would be totally on the property owner for the additional revenues. The State would pay for none of this extra cost. Our objective in proposing our budget is to propose the lowest expenditure budget that could be responsively recommended that does not result in an unacceptable erosion of instructional programs. Our school district budget is about students, programs, and their future. It is also about the ability of our community to support those programs. What we've tried to reach is a balancing act between these two in this year's budget. In a climate where our country is putting our citizen's in harm's way to protect the rights of a free democracy, it seems even more important to exercise our most basic right, the right to vote. Please come out and vote.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
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