Voters supports adequate state aid for local schools.
Below is a sample letter prepared by the New Rochelle Board of Education to send to state officials with reasons why present state funding is inadequate. Please voice your opinion to Governor Pataki and your local representatives. Meanwhile, through the 1990's, State Aid to New Rochelle has been essentially flat. Proposed State Aid does not reflect the need to educate the annual growth of 300 more students, nor does it financially support the shift to a mandated all Regents high school and new standards curriculum. Loss of State Aid and continued loss of millions of dollars of assessables places New Rochelle at a unique disadvantage.