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October 9, 2014
Vol. 5 No. 20
Providing local news and information to the Woodbury community
T. E. A. L Walk raised $12,500
WHAT’S UP
Community
Town Board meeting 2
Tuition Free NY is NOT Free 3
Police Academy Update
6
Burke Memorial Fundraiser
7
Craft Fair–Vendors Apply Now! 7
New Police Officers 8
Lions Club Yard Sale 9
Sports
9U Woodbury Wolverines
M-W Athlete of the Week
10
10
History
Images of America Pumpkin Festival 11
11
Faith
Raising Successful Children 12
Another culture shock 13
The Eitz Chaim ~Calendar
13
High Holy Days 13
Education14
Sudoku15
Forty-seven
sponsors
and over
200 walkers
Over 200 supporters walked for T.E.A.L’s 2014 Woodbury event at
Earl Reservoir on September 27th.
MW Athletic Club came out in force for the 2014 Woodbury
T.E.A.L walk. Nancy Irizarry is at the left in her tutu.
Photos by Ben Meyers.
Woodbury - Nancy Irizarry happily reported that Woodbury’s T.E.A.L
Walk at Earl Reservoir had over 200
hundred people who registered to walk
and raised $12,500.
Nancy’s son Nelson Savino-Caraballo
sang the National Anthem and her
goddaughter Melissa Vega sang,
“Overcomer”, while her sister Tiffany
Vega sang, “It’s a beautiful day”.
Limor from Younique Fitness N’
Dance, did a Zumba warm up and Dr.
Jennifer Reich gave information about
ovarian cancer awareness and hereditary issues. She expressed the concerns
about knowing your family background and how it will help you in case
you have been diagnosed with cancer.
See T.E.A.L, page 1
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Community
Town Board meeting
By Desiree Potvin, Clerk for the Town of Woodbury
Woodbury - Summary Week of Town Board Meeting held on October 2, 2014
Oath of Office Ceremony: Town Clerk
Desiree Potvin administered the Oath
of Office to newly hired, full-time Police Officers Christopher Correa, Joseph Iorio and Kristen Potter.
Cancelation of Work-session - October
13 and November 3: The Board canceled
the October 13 work-session due to the
Columbus Day holiday and the November 3 work-session due to Election Day.
Public Hearing Scheduled - Amendment
to Towing Law: The Board scheduled a
public hearing on proposed Introductory
Local Law 4 of 2014 to amend Chapter
283 of the Town Code entitled “Towing”, to improve towing response times
and ease of vehicle redemptions for those
individuals operating vehicles within the
Town. The public hearing is scheduled to
be held at 7:30PM on October 16, 2014.
T.E.A.L
Announcement of Budget Workshop
Dates: Deputy Supervisor Frank Paler-
mo announced that budget workshops
will be held at 7:30PM at the Highway
Garage on October 7th, 8th, 14th, 20th
and if need the 22nd. He noted that
funds to be discussed each meeting will
be announced on the Town’s website www.townofwoodbury.com.
Receipt of 2015 Tentative Budget: Town Clerk Potvin stated that,
pursuant to Town Law Section 106(3),
a copy of the Fiscal Year 2015 Tentative Budget was received by her office
on September 29, 2014, and has been
distributed to the Board members. The
tentative budget consists of the budget
summaries submitted by each department without discussion or changes
made by the full Board.
Cont. from p. 1
The following were the sponsors for this year.
Vega Stars Entertainment - Hudson Valley Bagels
Laura Stevens Physical Therapy - Skyline chimney Sweep
Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush - D-Lux Electrical
Woodbury Chamber of Commerce
Frenkel & Co. - Precision Therapeutic - Wellness Spring
Crossroads Cafe - Fran’s Hallmarks
Woodbury Pharmacy - Central Valley Pharmacy
Uno Pizzeria & Grill - By George Salon
The Dug Out - Harriman Auto
Printing Plus - Jay’s Deli - Reynolds Oil - Yoursport
NYS signs - ADG Realty - Target - David and Anthony
Massage Envy - Shoprite - Stop and Shop - BJ’s
Salad and Such - CVS - Monroe Jewelers - CAL Auto
Younique Fittness N’ Dance - Central Valley Cleaners
Robert Cameron - Aissa Rodriguez
Mr and Mrs Hutchins - Blanca Rodriguez
Brenda Ortiz - Norma Llamas
Marge Moore - The Caparara”s
The Ingram’s - The Kirkpatrick’s - The Hughes’s
To read more articles go to
WoodburyGazette.com
• Library News and updates
• Neuhaus Proposes $703 million Budget
• History - Custer’s funeral at West Point
• Highland Mills UMC – Prayer Box and
Drive-in Prayers
• Nan Hayworth Highlights Maloney’s
cuts to Veterans
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Community
On Education
MY VIEW Tuition Free NY is NOT Free
“…. more taxes to fund what he calls ‘Tuition Free NY’”
By Rich Cocchiara
Ask New Yorkers what they regard as
the most daunting challenges facing
New York and you will invariably hear
TAXES and JOBS. Certainly it is a message I hear loud and clear as I campaign
for the New York State Assembly.
Those living on fixed incomes, such as
seniors and retirees, can’t afford the taxes on homes that they have owned most
of their adult lives. Many are trapped in
a fiscal vice because they can’t sell their
homes, thanks to the dismal state of our
economy. Those lucky enough to find
a buyer also pay a price---often leaving behind children, grandchildren and
loved ones as they flee New York.
Scores of our young and recent college graduates are also being forced to
leave the State because New York’s taxes
and regulatory climate are stifling economic growth, and the creation of new
jobs that pay a mortgage.
Now here comes Assemblyman
James Skoufis with a proposed solu-
tion to our skyrocketing tax burden…
more taxes to fund what he calls ‘Tuition Free NY.’ Unfortunately, Tuition
Free NY is far from free.
This program will dramatically increase
the tax burden for New Yorkers, even for
those who don’t have children in college
or have already paid to help their kids
through college. By his own admission,
this program will cost one percent of our
current State budget which adds nearly
$1.5 Billion to New York’s tax burden, already one of the highest in the nation.
And there is a big catch for those supposedly lucky kids who will be the beneficiary of the Skoufis tax increase. His
program requires students to attend a
SUNY/CUNY school and ‘remain’ in
New York for five (5) years after graduation. What if they can’t find a job in
New York? His program requires that
recipients ‘give back’ 250 hours each
year (the better part of one workday a
week). What New York bureaucracy is
going to define what is and what isn’t
an appropriate ‘give back,’ and dispatch
To our Friends and Neighbors,
A living resident of Woodbury,
Amanda was suddenly diagnosed on June 2, 2014 with
Leukemia. Amanda is a 25 year
old, graduate of Monroe
Woodbury and registered nurse.
Due to her illness she’s unable to work
and is now in the process of losing her
job. Due to the evergrowing medical bills
for extensive chemotherapy treatment,
Amanda needs the help of the community.
Leukemia is not curable, but can be put
into remission with a lot of treatment.
With HOPE we can put her into remission.
Thank you for any donation that you can
make to help Amanda.
With love and Gratitude,
Amanda’s Family
the thousands of state paid regulators
required to enforce ‘give back’ rules?
I have a better idea to solve the tuition
and tax problem. Instead of increasing our
taxes beyond the breaking point, let’s enlist
the job creators to help pay for college educations using the taxes they already pay.
How? By allowing a business to take
a tax credit equal to the amount they
pay towards the student loans of any
employee. The student gets help with
a loan and the business owner gets a
well-educated young person and sees
their taxes at work in the form of an
employee - instead of a tax hike.
Businesses would have an incentive to
hire and students get a good paying job
after college. I’ve spoken to several business leaders who agree that this would
create new incentives to hire more
people while not costing them anything
more in taxes than they pay now. More
importantly, taxpayers avoid a massive
tax increase that will force a new wave of
emigrants to bolt New York.
This is a win/win for everyone: stu-
dents, job creators, taxpayers…and
we won’t need a new bureaucracy or a
fresh regiment of regulators.
I don’t have a fancy name for this
program. Call it a common sense solution to skyrocketing taxes and tuition
costs. It is the same fiscally prudent
approach I have used as a Town Councilman in Hamptonburgh, where we
have not raised tax rates in 29 years;
the same type of innovative approach I
used at IBM for 31 years to solve complex problems and the same straight
forward approach I have used as a local
small business owner.
It’s time we send some people to Albany with experience in the real world of
problem solving, and retire those career
politicians whose only notion of good is
to tax more, spend more, and regulate
more. It is the kind of common sense I
will take to Albany if elected to the New
York State Assembly in November.
Rich Cocchiara is the RepublicanConservative-Independence Party candidate
for the 99th District, New York State Assembly.
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Letter to the editor
David Sutz announces WRITE-IN candidacy for
Town of Woodbury Supervisor
My name is David Sutz and I am pleased
to announce my WRITE-IN candidacy for
Town of Woodbury Supervisor. It is an honor
and privilege to serve the good citizens of
Woodbury as a Village of Woodbury Trustee.
Having been re-elected to my third term
in office, I am afforded the continued opportunity to work diligently to rebuild and
upgrade our infrastructure, expand local
business, negotiate with vendors and successfully defend our quality of life. Serving
in this capacity has given me abundant insight into how local government impacts
our daily lives and I have learned many effective ways to minimize those impacts.
My wife, Maria and I have lived here for
23 years and raised four children in this
beautiful community. While they were
growing up, I coached baseball, soccer, basketball and the Challenger / VIP leagues.
During that time, I became and still am
an active Emergency Medical Technician
with the Woodbury Community Ambulance Corp having volunteered for the past
17 years 5 as Vice-President. As a qualified
CPR & First Aid Instructor I serve at the
Orange County 911 Center as a Trainer. In
addition, I am a proud, active and supporting member of the Woodbury Community
Association for over 14 years.
My business history includes being a
Burger King Franchisee, opening and operating successful stores for over 35 years in
Westchester and Dutchess Counties. This
has provided me with invaluable experience while working with multiple municipalities and elected officials on many levels
involving many governmental matters.
As a result, I am well versed and disciplined
in all facets of eight figure budgeting. For the
past 10 years I have served on the Board of
the Metro NY Franchisee Association representing over 300 restaurants in the NY/Hudson Valley region. Over the past three years, I
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other fast food restaurant owners across the
United States by lobbying in Washington DC.
A main function of my position is to educate and inform government representatives
about the ways small businesses are affected
by laws and regulations.
In addition, I work closely with the
Valerie Fund a fundraising organization
dedicated to helping children with cancer. Some of my goals, if elected, are to:
Protect our rights by continuing to vigorously defend against any annexation; bring
fresh perspective through result oriented
business principles to Woodbury Town
Government; encourage continued and
expanded cooperation between the Town
& Village Boards; ensure our Police, Highway, Parks, Senior Center, Libraries and all
other departments and services as well as
all their employees are treated with respect
and have the necessary tools and resources
to properly serve all residents and business
owners and intelligently control spending
while carefully managing the Town budget.
Woodbury voters deserve a fair and honest
choice on Election Day. In order to accomplish
this, I invite my opponent to a public debate(s)
so voters can decide for themselves the best
candidate for Supervisor. I am a WRITE-IN
candidate so your support is crucial.
When you vote on Tuesday, November
4th please consider supporting me and vote
for me by writing in DAVID SUTZ on the
ballot as Woodbury Town Supervisor. Polls
are open from 6:00 am - 9:00 pm. If you
would like to contact me to discuss any issues, please email me at davidsutz@yahoo.
com, call me at 845-709-3844 or visit me at
www.VoteSutz.com
Thanking you in advance for your time
and consideration,
David Sutz
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Vote for a better New York -Vote for Rich Cocchiara
The Republican Primary for Family
Court Judge was won by only two votes.
This is a prime example that YOUR VOTE
REALLY DOES MATTER! It is extremely
important for every registered voter to exercise their right to vote. It could be the
difference to who wins the election.
New York State is ranked high in taxes paid
but low in job growth. Recently, mortgage
website Bankrate.com ranked New York State
as the worst state to retire, because of its high
taxes, its high cost-of-living, and its health
care system which is becoming less affordable
and more unavailable. We need to start taking
back New York, one district at a time.
We need to elect candidates such as my
husband, Rich Cocchiara, who has been
a problem solver throughout his working
career. New York State needs people with
common sense ideas who have real solutions and will not just lead rallies. He knows
how to balance budgets in both business and
in local town politics as one of the councilpersons in Hamptonburgh. Rich has the
qualities and experience needed to be your
next NYS Assemblyperson.
Take it from the Primary - YOUR VOTE
REALLY DOES MATTER!
Vote for
change. Vote for a better New York. Vote
for Rich Cocchiara on November 4th for the
99th Assembly District.
Thank you, Judy Cocchiara
Ralph Caruso for Supervisor - EXACT same
core values as John Burke
John Burke was my family’s long time
friend but he was Woodbury’s Chief Financial Officer and he called himself “protector of the purse strings”. During John’s
first year in office, he was faced with monumental challenges. There was out of control
spending, a maintenance backlog and the
Woodbury Pool was in crisis.
FLASH FORWARD to the end of his “first
term”; our bond rating increased, the town
had a maintenance program, and the pool
was crystal clear. For six more years John
continued to improve our quality of life and
became the proud voice of Woodbury residents, or, as he had also often called himself,
“The Sixth Man” - John Q Citizen.
Because of the untimely death of Supervisor Burke, Woodbury voters must elect a
new “voice of the people”. Ralph Caruso is
my family’s choice.
We are proud to say that he is also a long
time family friend and we have had the privilege to work with Ralph on The Citizens for
the Preservation of Woodbury Committee. It
is a group of non-partisan citizens who “very
carefully” select issues that need to be brought
to the public’s attention. Our most recent project was a referendum to change the date of the
Village election from June to November to
improve voter turnout. Mission accomplished!
Over the years, Ralph has belonged to numerous community groups and has quietly
dedicated himself to our town. Ralph also has
extensive management experience such as
Superintendent of Operations for the MTA,
and he is also a small business Proprietor.
Ralph Caruso has the EXACT same core
values as John Burke; fiscal responsibly,
protection our property values, and preservation our parks. In fact, John Burke
and Ralph Caruso have stood shoulder to
shoulder on the issues of annexation, sewer,
water, well problems, and the KJ pipeline.
Please secure Woodbury’s future. Vote
for Ralph Caruso for Town of Woodbury
Supervisor on Tuesday, November 04,
2014. Poles open from 6 am to 9 PM.
Carol Mullooly, Central Valley
I am voting for James’ re-election
I write to support the re-election of Assemblyman James Skoufis to the 99th Assembly District. Since his initial election,
James’ achievements have been so extensive that I feared that I might not do him
justice in a short letter. But I have a very
personal story which demonstrates both
his character and integrity, and also his devotion to service to others.
In 2011, when Hurricane Irene devastated much of the Town of Woodbury, our
home was inundated with four feet of water
in the basement, leaving us with a massive
cleanup. James was then a member of the
Woodbury Town Board.
After the floodwater was pumped out,
I learned that James was arranging assistance to any Woodbury resident who needed help. Once I contacted him, he enlisted
volunteers from the Woodbury Commu-
nity Association, who worked tirelessly
to clear debris from our basement. James
helped countless other town residents in
similar situations, not only with cleanup,
but as they waded through the flood of insurance red tape and claim delays.
With this experience as background, after
James’ election to the Assembly, the first two
bills he proposed dealt with hurricane relief
and insurance claims. One requires insurance
companies to respond promptly to claims after natural disasters, while the other empanels
a state task force to learn how well insurance
companies have responded to recent natural
disasters. Both bills passed in the Assembly in
James’ first legislative session.
In November, I am voting for James’ reelection. I hope you will too.
Sincerely, Bob Curtis
Town of Woodbury
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Rich Cocchiara is the person best qualified
I endorse Rich Cocchiara to become our
next representative to the State Assembly for
the 99th District. Rich is an innovative business leader, with a demonstrated ability to
assist businesses and governments in solving
major logistical and infrastructure problems.
Rich and his wife, Judy, have resided and
paid taxes in our district for decades while
raising their three children. Rich has served
as a town councilman for the past twelve
years, knows firsthand what the problems
are which confront the people of this district, and will do all that he can to make
sure our voices are truly heard in Albany.
Rich wants to improve our community so
that people will want to stay and live in New
York, instead of fleeing our region due to
high taxes and inadequate job opportunities.
He wants to bring sanity back to our
state’s education system by stopping Common Core, and he wants to provide a positive new business environment for entrepreneurs and corporations, for hourly wage
earners, and for future college graduates.
Finally, I have known Rich personally for
more than thirty years and he is a person of
integrity, and won’t be just another “photoop” politician. He is honest, reliable, and
willing to work the very long hours necessary to succeed in this position.
I believe Rich Cocchiara is the person
best qualified to be our next Assemblyman,
and I plan to vote for him this November. I
hope you consider supporting him too.
Sincerely, Steven A. Kimmel
Washingtonville
Ralph Caruso - he’s the right person for Woodbury
The Election for Woodbury Town Supervisor this year is most important. Woodbury is fighting for its life and survival to
remain a place we want to live, raise families and become Senior Citizens.
We need a person who has leadership
qualities, who not only knows how to get
things done, but also has a record of positive accomplishments. Ralph Caruso is just
that person. He has a long list of championing causes with great results that reach back
many years.
Most recently in the beginning of 2014,
he led the petition drive to have a referendum vote for our Woodbury voters to
decide whether they wanted to move the
Village election from June to the November general election, affording a greater
convenience and voting representation.
In 2007 he challenged the Orange County
Legislature and County Executive successfully stopping the transfer of ownership
and control to Kiryas Joel of that part of
Orange County Route 44 (Seven Springs
Road) that passes through its village, thus
preventing unforeseen condition, such as
road closures.
I can go on identifying the many more
times Ralph Caruso went to bat for Woodbury and made the difference, but it’s clear,
he’s the right person for Woodbury and
will continue the practice of working for
the people of Woodbury as their full time
Town Supervisor.
On November 4, 2014, join me in voting
for Ralph Caruso, and thank you for taking
the time to read this letter.
Veronica J. Quercia
Laws Should Apply Equally to All - “non-KJ” seating area?
If you still do not understand what
problems currently confront the Town of
Monroe - and for that matter, all of Orange
County - then all you needed to do was to
go to the recent public scoping session held
in Kiryas Joel.
Upon entering the lavish and opulent
Bais Rachel Paradise Hall in KJ, you would
have been faced with signs directing people
to sit in the “non-KJ” seating area and the
“KJ-seating” area. In other words: Seating
was segregated on one side of the room for
Hasidic people and the other side of the
room for non-Hasidic people.
If you are not outraged by this - you
should be! And, the Town Board of Monroe sat on stage in complete support of this
travesty. Imagine if a meeting was held in
the City of Newburgh, and they reserved
seating for African-Americans on one side
of the room and all others on the other side
of the room. OUTRAGEOUS!
I thought the struggles of Rosa Parks, the
Civil Rights movement and the U.S. Constitution, had put an end to such situations
many decades ago. There are one set of laws
that should apply equally to all of us. We
are all AMERICANS.
Laws should apply equally against religious, racial, or gender, segregation! Laws
should apply equally for fair elections!
Laws should apply equally for environmental protections! One group of people
should not try to circumvent laws to try
and get land to change zoning restrictions.
One group of people should not be able to
take water rights away from other people
in Cornwall and Woodbury. One group of
citizens should not be able to grow at the
expense of other citizens of our County.
We are ALL Orange County citizens.
We are all Americans and we should all
live equally under one set of laws. Andrew
Jackson said it best: “We desire nothing but
equal rights and equal laws for everyone.”
Some of us are proud to fight - to our political death, if need be - to make sure these
principles prevail in Orange County!
Mike Anagnostakis
Orange County Legislator
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Community
James has made college affordability a priority
Over the past 36 years, college tuition
costs have skyrocketed over 1000%. That’s
not a typo – there’s no extra zero. The consumer price index, inflation, and wages do
not come close to touching how rapidly
and dramatically college costs have risen.
As someone looking to attend college
next year, these numbers are daunting to my
family and me. That’s why I’m supporting
Assemblyman James Skoufis’ re-election.
James has made college affordability a priority, introducing Tuition-Free NY that seeks
to make SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for
in-state students in exchange for community service and living/working in New York
for at least five years following graduation.
James believes no student should be prevented from better educating himself or
herself because the cost of college makes
attending out of reach. Nor should any student be saddled with a lifetime of debt after earning a degree. Assemblyman Skoufis
has my support because he has – and will
always continue to – look out for middleclass families like mine.
Christian Javier, Highland Mills
Tuition-Free NY is a bad proposal
As a recent college graduate I am concerned with the future of my fellow students in regards to Tuition-Free NY. While the intent of paying for students’ tuition is good, meeting the requirements of the
program, such as staying in New York for five
years as well as being continuously employed
for that time after graduating is worrisome. Given that New York State is ranked 45th
in job creation in the United States, if I was
unable to get a job and fulfill the requirements of the program, my “free tuition”
would be converted into a loan with interest. If that’s the case, how would I even be
able to pay back the subsequent loans without a source of income? If anything, what
I want and what my fellow students should
want most is jobs following graduation. Without that, we can only expect the volume of student loans to increase and further contribute to the student loan bubble
that’s bound to burst in the near future.
Tuition-Free NY is a bad proposal, and
that is why I am supporting Rich Cocchiara
to be our next Assemblyperson from the
99th District. Mr. Cocchiara has proposed
tax credits to NY companies that hire college students from NY, when those companies directly help pay part of the college student loans their new employees may have. A great idea from a candidate with decades of business experience representing
us in Albany. A better idea than the current
incumbent’s Tuition-Free NY proposal.
Joseph Gildea
Washingtonville
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October 9, 2014 www.WoodburyGazette.com
Police Academy Update
Class learns about crime scene
preservation,Case Law and threat
perception
By Benjamin Meyers
Central Valley - During the last two
weeks, the fourth and fifth classes of
the Woodbury Civilian Police Academy, students took in a lot of lesions on
law enforcement.
Prior classes experience how K-9
units help officers carry out work such
as patrol, scent tracking, and attack
roles, as well as NYS Penal Law’s Article
35 concerning justification of force.
The recent lessons taught how crime
scenes are established and evidence is
gathered including DNA and finger
prints. Class members actually dusted
for prints, “lifted”, labeled and sealed
them for computer identification.
Case Law taught how restricted officers are as they deal with individuals
who want to threaten them. However,
it also clarifies what actions officers
may take. There is a “chain” of escalation and it is based upon reasonable
response. Officers always are there to
protect the public and act as a source
of aid for people who just need a hand.
When enforcing the law police also
adhere to the same law concerning the
constitutional rights of individuals. It
is clear to class members that your local police are thoroughly trained. The
Woodbury Police Academy’s next class
deals with traffic stops and offenses.
Above: Woodbury Civilian
Police Academy members
learn how to use a baton also
called a billystick, billy club,
truncheon or nightstick.
Left: Woodbury’s Civilian
Police Academy class gather
behind K-9 Officer Simba from
Monroe. Handler, Officer Jim
Gaylor is not in the photo.
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John P. Burke
Memorial Fundraiser
Pasta Dinner November 1
By Desire Potvin, Woodbury’s Town Clerk
Woodbury - The John P. Burke Memo-
rial Committee has planned its first fundraising event!!! A pasta dinner will be
held at the Highland Mills Firehouse/
Village Hall on November 1, 2014, 5:00
PM – 8:00 PM. Each ticket costs $10
and advanced sales are available at the
Woodbury Town Clerk’s Office.
Tickets will also be sold at the door and
“to go” meals are available as well. Funds
are being raised to place a memorial at
the Central Valley Pool to honor past Supervisor John P. Burke, who passed away
on July 29, 2014, and to award a scholarship to a Woodbury resident.
For more information, please call
Desiree Potvin, Woodbury’s Town
Clerk, at 928-6829 x7. If you would like to contribute to the fundraiser, but cannot
attend, checks can be mailed to P.O. Box 1004, Highland Mills, NY 10930 Attn:
Town Clerk’s Office. In the memo field, please indicate it is for the John P. Burke
Memorial Fund and checks can be made payable to the Town of Woodbury.
Craft Fair Nov. 29th –
Vendors Apply Now!
Women of Woodbury fundraiser
at Woodbury’s Senior Center
By Susan Vrana
Women of Woodbury will hold a Fundraiser- Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov.
29th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Woodbury Senior Center, County Rt.
105, Highland Mills, NY. Applications for Vendors: $25.00 per space and
the spaces are approximately 6 feet. by 4 feet, vendors must supply their own
tables. Spaces will be given on a first come first serve basis. Reserve space for
your business now. For info & vendor applications call Susan 845-928-9007
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Community
October 9, 2014 www.WoodburyGazette.com
New Police Officers - Joseph Iorio, Christopher
Correa and Kristen Potter
“Confident we chose the candidates who were born to do the job.” – Chief Vasquez
By Benjamin Meyers
Central Valley - “It is with great pleasure that I introduce to you today Police Officers Joseph Iorio, Christopher
Correa and Kristen Potter. I also want
to acknowledge that Kristen is the first
female police officer in the Town of
Woodbury.” So ended the first part of
the October 2nd Town of Woodbury
monthly meeting by Woodbury Chief
of Police Richard Vasquez.
Chief Vasquez began the swearing in
ceremony by thanking all of the town’s
councilmen and clerk Desiree Potvin
for their part during interviews and
other aspects of hiring new personnel.
The Town Hall was filled with well
wishers, parents, friends and the whole
class of the Woodbury Civilian Police
Academy, who left immediately after to
attend a weekly class.
What follows are excerpts of Chief
Vasquez’s explanation of what efforts
were taken by the Wooddbury Police
Department during the hiring process
and what things are crucial as the new
officers embark upon their new careers.
“The town board interviewed and
approved the final three candidates.
Desiree mailed out over 130 canvass
letters and scheduled approximately 50
interviews. The individuals we interviewed all had scores of 90 or 95. So we
clearly have the top candidates.
Woodbury Chief of Police
Richard Vasquez is pleased as
three new Officers are added
to the Department. Next to the
Chief are Christopher Correa,
Kristen Potter and Joseph Iorio.
Photos by Ben Meyers
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Good bargains at Lions Club Yard Sale
Collectibles and odds & ends
combined made a successful day for fundraiser
By Benjamin Meyers
American Legion member, Bob Cotter,
surveys a booth for something unique…
something like his Reagan T-shirt.
Central Valley - Early fall, sunny nice day and a big
Lions Club yard sale. What more can you ask? St.
Patrick’s parking lot was filled by 9 a.m. with vendors
and early bargain hunters on Saturday, September 20.
Woodbury residents and other sellers of rare
attic wares were selling all those kinds of things
that have been purchased over the years but are
no longer needed…or wanted. Other spaces were
occupied by professional yard sale vendors, and
there were organizations such as Woodbury’s
American Legion Post 779 offering a 50/50 raffle, and the Historical Society selling books, especially the newly released, Images of America;
Woodbury Orange County authored by Sheila
Conroy and Nancy Simpson. Sheila was there autographing copies.
Next to the Lions canopy were smoking grills.
Yup! The hot dogs were big ones with skins crisped
just right. Many who couldn’t resist the eats, this
writer for one, opted for Debbie Demeza’s home
cooked sausage and peppers on a roll. Yes, it had a
little kick to it…perfect.
The event is one of Woodbury Lions Club’s fundraisers that help the club in its many charitable
community oriented programs. Didn’t make it
Frank Reynolds mans the Lions Club canopy during its annual yard sale last Saturday
where Debbie Demeza’s sausage & peppers were a hit.
Photos by Ben Meyers
this year? That’s okay, start listing things you’ve
collected for such a long time and now find that
there is no space for them and wives, don’t worry,
your husbands won’t miss the stuff…sign up for
a space next year.
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Sports
October 9, 2014 9U Woodbury Wolverines
lost tough game
www.WoodburyGazette.com
M-W Athlete of the Week
Sept. 26th & Oct. 3rd 2014
Strong pitching performances from
Austin Palmieri, James Mastropolo
and Jaden Fatmen
Emily Rocks &
Cole Gennett
Outstanding Tennis and Football
players singled out by Athletic
Director Ron Montalto
for the team but due to a teammates
injury, she has been playing up at
3rd singles most of the season. Emily
has risen to the challenge and she is
a huge part of the team’s success this
season. Emily’s record this season is
seven wins and only one loss.
Congratulations Emily!
M-W Varsity Football
By John Murray
The Woodbury Wolverines lost
a tough one this past weekend
getting beat 8-4 against the Teel
Ravens of Ridgefield Park NJ.
Despite strong pitching performances from Austin Palmieri,
James Mastopolo and Jaden
Fatmen, the team just wasn’t
able to get enough runs.
The run support came by way
of team leaders Austin Palmieri and Jaden Fatmen. Both
boys are hitting well of .500
and consistently been producing from the team. The defense
was supported by stellar play
of J.J. Kelleher at second base,
James Mastropolo at short stop,
and catching support of Collin Murray behind the dish.
Catch all the action by visiting
the website at https://woodbury
wolverines.shutterfly.com/.
Above: Jaden Fateman at bat is
about to make perfect ball contact.
Below: Collin Murray looking like a
pro catcher.
The Monroe-Woodbury Athletic
Director, Ron Montalto, would like
to announce that Emily Rocks is the
“Athlete of the Week” for the week
ending September 26, 2014 for the
Monroe-Woodbury Girls Varsity
Tennis team coached by Chris Vero.
Emily, a senior, has been a member
of the Girls Varsity Tennis team for
two seasons. Emily plays 4th singles
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Mr. Montalto, would also like to
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ending October 3, 2014 for the Monroe-Woodbury Varsity Football team
coached by Bernie Connolly.
Cole, a senior, had two catches
for 57 yards and one touchdown in
our 27-21 win against Newburgh on
September 27th. Cole also rushed
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He was credited with a team leading11 tackles on defense, earning
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History
Images of America – Woodbury, Orange County
Art & Gertie Earl of Ohio visit Woodbury and find newly released book
By Benjamin Meyers
Central Valley - What do you know
about the Earl family? If you don’t
know anything then you should purchase Sheila Conroy and Nancy Simpson’s newly published book Acadia
Publishing, Images of America – Woodbury, Orange County.
Sheila was autographing her book at
the Lions Club yard sale on Saturday,
September 20th at St. Patrick’s Church’s
parking lot. While talking with her, she
mentioned that an older couple had
stopped by earlier who used to live in
Woodbury, but now living in Ohio, and
that they knew all about many of the
old time store owners and families who
were indigenous to our town. Sheila
said, “Bill Doyle knows them! I think
they are still here.”
Hurrying over to the American Legion’s booth set up, we asked Bill the
name of the couple that knew so much
about Woodbury. “Oh! They would be
the Earls…Arthur, or, Artie Earl, and
his wife Gertrude. They’re just leaving,
but we can catch them!”
Well, we met Artie and Gertie. Artie
explained that they stopped in Woodbury to visit some friends on their
way from their farm in Nova Scotia
where they spend the summer raising
horses to their home in Ohio. He said,
“Not a big farm… only a few horses,
and Gertie likes to spend the summer there.” John and Laurel Wentink
joined Art and Gertie at the yard sale.
Art and Laurel are cousins through the
Conks…I think.
Getting back to the Earl family, Artie
explained that the “first” Earl came to
this area in the mid-1700. He obtained
a patent of land which included most of
Woodbury. As years went by the lake,
which has since been dammed and
October 9, 1975
Sakharov wins Peace Prize, 39 Years ago
Andrei Dmitriyevich Sakharov, the Soviet physicist who helped build the
USSR’s first hydrogen bomb, is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his struggle against “the abuse of power and violations of human dignity in all its forms.” Sakharov was forbidden by the Soviet government from personally traveling to Oslo, Norway, to accept the award.
Born in Moscow in 1921, Sakharov studied physics at Moscow University
and in June 1948 was recruited into the Soviet nuclear weapons program. In
1948, after detonating their first atomic bomb, the Soviets joined the United
States in the race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon theorized to
be dozens of times more powerful than the nuclear bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sakharov’s concept of the “Layer Cake” bomb
showed some promising results, but in late 1952 the Americans successfully detonated the world’s first “super bomb.” The Soviet team rushed to
catch up and, with the aid of Soviet espionage, settled on the same winning
concept as the Americans--radiation implosion. On November 22, 1955,
the Soviet Union successfully detonated its first hydrogen bomb.
Decorated with numerous Soviet scientific honors for his achievement
the scientist became increasingly concerned with implications of the terrifying weapon. In 1969, Sakharov wrote an essay which was smuggled out
of the country and published in The New York Times. The essay attacked
the arms race and the Soviet political system and called for a “democratic,
pluralistic society free of intolerance and dogmatism, a humanitarian society that would care for the Earth and its future.”
Sakharov was fired from the weapons program and became a vocal advocate of human rights. In 1975, he was the first Soviet to win the Nobel
Peace Prize. After he denounced the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,
Soviet authorities were quick to respond, exiling him to Gorky, where he
lived in difficult conditions. In December 1986, Sakharov’s exile ended
when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev invited him to return to Moscow.
He was subsequently elected to the Congress of People’s Deputies as a
democratic reformer and appointed to the commission responsible for
drafting a new Soviet constitution. Sakharov died in 1989.
Source: History.com
now known as Earl Reservoir, was the area’s
first water supply and
the Earl’s formed a
Water Company.
The pictorial book written by
Sheila about Highland Mills, Central
Valley and Woodbury Falls is the newest in Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of
America” series. The cost is $21.99 plus
tax which comes to $23.78. Cash or
check is acceptable.
If this is interesting to you, you can
order the book from the Woodbury
Historical Society (845-928-6770) in
Highland Mills. All proceeds go to the
Society. While you’re there ask Leslie
Rose, Historian, about the Earl history.
Co-author of Woodbury,
Orange County is Sheila A.
Conroy in the center. On
her left are Laurel and John
Wentink and on her right are
Gertie and Art Earl of Ohio.
Photos by Ben Meyers
County Hosts Pumpkin
Festival Museum
October 18 at Hill-Hold Museum
Goshen – Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and Commissioner
Richard L. Rose of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation
are pleased to announce Orange County’s Annual Pumpkin Festival taking
place Saturday, October 18 at Hill-Hold Museum from noon to 4 p.m.
Guests are invited to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of autumnal activities,
including pumpkin rolling and painting, waxing leaves, scarecrow-making,
face-painting, guess-the-weight-of-the-pumpkin contest, and a hay ride
through the historic grounds of the Hill-Hold property to the pumpkin patch.
If you look very carefully you may find a guest scarecrow lurking around to
help you pick the best pumpkin for painting.
Hill-Hold is located on Route 416 in Campbell Hall, across from Thomas
Bull Memorial Park. Admission is $3 per adult and $2 for children. For more
information, please contact Orange County Parks at 845-615-3830, email
[email protected], or visit the Hill-Hold Museum website, www.
hillholdandbrickhouse.org.
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Faith
October 9, 2014 www.WoodburyGazette.com
Raising Successful Children
“What do children need to catch us demonstrating in our home?”
By Pastor Gerry Dumoulin, Discovery Baptist Church - Harriman NY
As parents, we have a desire deep within us to raise
our children to be upstanding adults, who are successful within society. Raising a child is no easy task and
it can be quite difficult at times.
Although it is a challenge, raising our children is
also the most rewarding and fulfilling thing we will
ever do in life. All parents want to be good parents
Central Valley United Methodist Church
12 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley, NY 10917
www.centralvalleyumc.com
Phone/fax: 845-928-6570
All are welcome to join us!
Worship: Sundays @ 9:30 am
Children’s Sunday School @ 9:45 am
Fellowship Hour: Sundays @ 10:30 am
Prayer Group: Wednesdays @ 9:30 am
Additional fellowship and service opportunities, all ages.
Come join us as we do justice, love mercy,
and walk humbly with God!
Congregation Eitz Chaim/MWJCC
A Warm and Friendly Conservative Synagogue
1465 Orange Turnpike, P.O. Box 183
Monroe, NY  10949
845-783-7424
www.eitzchaim-monroe.org
www.eitzchaimhebrewschool.com
Rabbi Alex Salzberg
Service times:
Friday:  Kaballat Shabbat 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: Shaharit 9:00 a.m.
Sunday: Shaharit Minyan 8:30 a.m.
Open Enrollment:
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Highland Mills United Methodist Church
654 Route 32, PO Box 611, Highland Mills, NY 10930
www.highlandmillsumc.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (845) 928-6177
Pastor: Reverend Darlene Resling
Worship: Sundays @ 9:15 am - Sunday School @ 9:45 am
Fellowship: Sundays @ 10:30 am
Women’s Guild - Monday 10 am - 12 noon
Men’s Bible Study: Saturdays @ 8:30-9:30 am
Bible Study for All (check website for schedule)
Monroe Temple of Liberal Judaism
314 N. Main St., Monroe, NY
Telephone: (845) 783-2626
Rabbi Garry Loeb; Cantor Elana Schwartz
Worship Schedule
First Friday: an eclectic, intergenerational Shabbat experience for young families, singles, couples, and empty nesters. Held the 1st Friday of each month, it usually begins at
6:30 pm with a picnic or pot luck –dinner, and is followed
by an hour of interesting activities. An hour-long Kabbalat
service then follows at 8:00 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services: Friday evenings at 8:00pm.
Shachrit Service: 10:00 am Saturday morning (unless
otherwise specified), including Saturdays on which there
is no Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Tot Shabbat Service: 3rd
Saturday of the month at 9:00 am.
St. Patrick’s Church - Highland Mills
448 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY 10930
www.stpatrickshm.org
Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am & 12:00 pm
Weekdays: Monday thru Saturday 9:00 am
Holy Days - See Bulletin
but at times it can be hard to know what to say, or,
even do. The good news is that the Bible has a lot of
good advice for parents.
Most of us understand that much of what a child
learns comes from direct teaching. But were you also
aware that an equal amount of what they learn comes
through watching parents live their lives?
The Bible states in Deuteronomy 6:7-9, “And thou
shalt teach them (God’s law) diligently unto thy
children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in
thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And
thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and
they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And
thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house,
and on thy gates.” Here the Bible instructs us to be
examples to our kids all the time, and every place we
are with them. Why? Because they are watching and
learning from us.
So the question remains, “What do our children
need to catch us demonstrating in our home?” I
believe that there are three essential lessons we can
teach our children through our outward acts and
they will leave a lasting impression.
First, they need to see us display love. Hebrews
10:24 states, “And let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works.” Love is not
just a feeling, in fact, most of the time it is an action we show to others. One way we can show our
children how to love is for husbands and wives to
equally respect and submit to each other. When
children see this happen they learn that true love
puts others before themselves. We also can display
love through discipline. When we discipline properly it conveys to children that we care enough to
tell them when something is not good for their lives
and their future success.
Secondly, they need to see us be financially responsible. (Matthew 25:14-29) In this passage Jesus
stresses the importance of saving and investing money wisely. The unfortunate truth is that many families are struggling today because they do not know
how to save money or spend it appropriately. We live
in the “I Want it Now” culture. If we want something
and don’t have the money for it most people just go
out and charge it. This type of behavior is not setting
up our children for success.
Instead, we need to show them how to be a good
steward of resources. Teaching children how to save
means letting them see you put a certain amount of
your paycheck into a savings account. You may want
to open up one for your child and encourage them
to put ten percent of their allowance into the savings
account. You might also want to encourage them to
pay for college outright. Resist the urge of telling
them it is okay to have loans, but rather encourage
them to work while at school, and attend a Junior
College to get their core requirements done. When
it comes to financial stewardship, more instruction is
always better for them.
Lastly, our kids need to see us forgive. Luke 17:3
says, “Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass
against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive
him.” The adage goes “Everyone makes mistake.”
Even us, as parents, we make mistakes at times with
our children and teenagers. Everybody needs a second chance. They do and we do.
If we want them to be successful as adults this is
an important truth for them to learn. We can teach
them forgiveness - by seeking forgiveness from them
when we make mistakes. Not only does that teach
them about forgiveness but also humility. We can
also teach them forgiveness by not bringing up the
past with your spouse. If you have supposedly forgiven your spouse of an offense but continually bring
it up, we are instructing our children to be bitter and
resentful. This will be of no benefit to them and that
is why true forgiveness is an important lesson to
learn.
I challenge you today to begin to put these lessons
into practice in your homes. You will be amazed at
how your child’s life begins to change and how they
grow into thriving adults. I also urge you to begin
to read your Bibles and discover other wonderful
truths that God has for you and your family.
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Faith
We experienced another culture shock
… Cultural Differences within Immigrant Families
By Joey Clapp, International Board of Jewish Missions
After returning from two years of living in Kiev,
Ukraine, my wife and I were surprised at how different Slavic people are in America than in Eastern
Europe. Though we had lived in Eastern Europe
for two years, we experienced another culture
shock when we started to interact with Russian
speakers in America.
Those who have actualized the dream of escaping the racism, or religious harassment, in Eastern
Europe found different problems that they did not
expect in their new country. We have observed
how many strong families have crumbled under the
pressure of living as immigrants in America.
Most would agree that strong families are the
foundation of a strong community. While strong
families are critical, many immigrant families, who
were once strong, are now divided because of the
problem of assimilation. The most typical model
for this problem occurs when children strongly desire to assimilate into American culture, and, the
parents view this attitude as an abandonment of
their heritage.
The children, whether they want to or not, must
attend some type of American school. In areas of
heavy Slavic population like New York City, they
could have numerous Russian speaking friends.
Most Slavic immigrant children, however, are not
that fortunate and long to fit in with their peers.
These feelings lead to a lightning fast assimilation that takes parents by surprise. And then, the
parents often feel slighted because they seldom
remember that their children don’t have the same
attachment to the “old country” as they do. This
causes major problems between the parents and the
children in many immigrant families.
Perhaps more dangerous is when one of the
spouses assimilates faster than the other one. We
have observed families where the husband drags
his feet on learning English and embracing American culture, while the wife becomes more and more
involved with English-speaking friends and other
activities. This generally creates a rift that is hard
to overcome.
Many have tried to fight these family divisions by
forcing the unwilling family members to participate in cultural activities, which always generates
resentment. Some parents even try to shield their
children from assimilation by keeping them out of
extra-curricular activities or community programs.
Unfortunately, there is no cultural answer for this
problem. Some families thrive in their new culture
and some do not. However, we have found a solution that transcends cultural differences, and connects these types of families.
The book of Proverbs is full of advice for families,
but one verse that I’ve personally observed to be
true is Proverbs 12:7, “The wicked are overthrown,
and are not: but the house of the righteous shall
stand.”
The family that relies on cultural bonds or even
familial bonds will always be stressed, if not broken, from the pressures of living in a new culture.
However, the family that indulges in activities that
feed the spirit (worship, prayer, Bible study) will
connect on deeper levels than simply culturally or
linguistically. These are the families that survive.
These are the families that make it through the
minefield of assimilation.
You can meet Pastor and Mrs. Clapp at Discovery Baptist Church
Sunday October 12, 2014, located in the Sapphire Elementary
School, Harriman Heights Road, Harriman, NY
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Monroe – The following is a schedule of
Apples to Applesauce! Gan Shalom Preschool
students are proud of their heritage
our programs and services.
October 14 – Tuesday; USHPIZOT Our Honored Guests - What Extraordinary
Jewish Women Would You Invite Into Your
Sukkah? Show and/or tell why your guest
is special to you! Suggested donation,
$7.00. Refreshments will be served. 7 p.m.,
RSVP by October 5 to Fran Gordon 4966114 or [email protected]
October 16 – Thursday; Hebrew School
Dancing with the Torah. For more information, call Marilyn Dale 781-6560.
October 21 – Tuesday; Women with
Wool, Needlework, knitting or crocheting. Free coffee will be served. 10 a.m.,
for more information, contact Sheila
Ornstein 928-6244
October 26 – Sunday; Sisterhood Rosh
Chodesh. 7 p.m., Contact Beth Marks
[email protected], or Jennie Ossentjuk
at [email protected]
October 28 – Tuesday; Women with
Wool, Needlework, knitting or crocheting. Free coffee will be served. 10 a.m.,
for more information, contact Sheila
Ornstein 928-6244
Monroe - Feeling like super heroes wearing prayer
shawls and learning about the High Holy Days at
Congregation Eitz Chaim., Gan Shalom Preschool
students are proud of their heritage and having fun!
They made New Year cards and picked apples in Warwick, NY from which they made delicious applesauce
to take home to their families for Rosh Hashanah. It
smelled and tasted so good! Happy New Year!
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A Teacher’s Perspective
Education reform is about data collection
Our children are being tracked
By Dawn Hoagland
It should be quite clear by now that the
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
are not what they purport to be. They
are not a more rigorous set of standards.
They are not increasing reading comprehension and math ability. They are
not closing the achievement gap. So why
are the “reformers” still touting them as
the best thing since sliced bread? Who is
benefitting from these standards?
Peter Greene, a high school teacher
and blogger, wrote an article, published
on the Huffington Post (7/18/2014),
suggesting that the real reason every
state had to switch from their own
standards to the Common Core was to
create a uniform framework for gathering and analyzing student data. He suggests that we should view the standards
as data “tags,” because that is what they
were designed to be.
Greene states, “We’ve been saying that CCSS are limited because the
standards were written around what
can be tested. That’s not exactly correct. The standards have been written
around what can be tracked. The standards aren’t just about defining what
should be taught. They’re about cataloging what students have done. This
is why the “aligning” process inevitably
involves all that marking of standards
onto everything we do. It’s not instructional. It’s not even about accountability. It’s about having us sit and tag every
instructional thing we do so that student results can be entered and tracked
in the Big Data Bank.”
Exists to force cooperation - The
way the CCSS system was designed to
work does not match what the teacher is
actually dealing with in the classroom.
So the tagging system doesn’t fit what
students need to learn, and, it isn’t flex-
ible enough to allow seasoned teachers
to adapt it to fit what is developmentally appropriate. Theoretically they can
teach what they want, but they have to
collect data on specific standards and
insert it into spreadsheets collected by
the district. Common Core aligned
materials come already tagged to the
standards. Teacher evaluations are tied
to student test scores, a system required
by Arne Duncan, which exists to force
cooperation.
Peter Greene thinks that all of this talk
about decoupling the standards from
high stakes testing is not going to happen. “You can’t have a data system without tagging, and you can’t have a tagging
system with nothing to tag. Education
and teaching are just collateral damage
in all this, and not really the main thing
at all.” Big companies like Pearson are
not about to let the CCSS be dissolved.
They are making way too much money
to stop now. Parents can opt their children out of testing! If enough students
opt out, this would invalidate the data.
Even in states where the Common
Core has supposedly been abandoned,
if you look closely at the new state standards that replaced the CCSS, you will
find they still fit the tagging system. Parents in these states have been fooled into
thinking that they defeated the Common
Core when actually it is alive and well
masquerading under another name.
inBloom ended up closing down Rupert Murdoch’s data collection company, inBloom, ended up closing down
because parent protest over private
industry having access to personal student information became insurmountable. Thank you to everyone who took
a stand against inBloom. However, I
am here to warn you that student data
is still being collected and analyzed by
other companies.
The Common Core is presently being
delivered by teachers in physical classrooms in public schools across the U.S.
The eventual goal is for the CCSS to be
delivered on computers through software
programs individually adapted to each
student’s learning style. Data collection
will be part and parcel of this system.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act changed - Arne Duncan lobbied President Obama to change the
Family Education Rights and Privacy
Act (FERPA) in 2011, which he did by
Executive Order. Third party contractors now have access to our children’s
personally identifiable information because of the new definition of an authorized representative called a “school official.” Pearson and Knewton have been
designated as “school officials” even
though these are for-profit companies.
The implications of a profit making
company being in possession of student profiles that detail how deeply a
student understands a particular subject, how fast they acquired that understanding, and how they were able to
retain it is troubling. If this information
were to become accessible to graduate
schools or future employers the results
could end up being unfairly limiting to
unsuspecting students who are presently taking online adaptive courses.
If Facebook and Google can accumulate 100 bits of data about a user in one
day, educational analysts can accumulate millions of bits of data by tracking
student progress through a course. Jose
Ferreira attended Harvard Business
School and was previously a desk trader for Goldman Sachs. He is the founder of Knewton, a data mining company
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adaptive online learning courses. Pearson has contracted with Knewton to
power its My Labs and Mastering software which are being used by millions
of high school students.
Knewton has been collecting data on
thousands of students who are enrolled at
Arizona State University over the past two
years. ASU has partnered with Knewton
in an effort to improve the way students
learn by tracking student behaviors and
correlating them with test results.
Knewton has the capacity to measure
the amount of time students spend
reading a passage or viewing a graph
or a video on a subject in order to tie
that information to how well the student does on an assignment or test. It
picks up on patterns of past success.
Theoretically this allows the adaptive
software to recommend particular text
or content for students to view or read
before an exam that will ensure student
understanding of the material.
Where is the humanity? - None of
this fosters creativity. Are students’ just
widgets passing through a factory style
of education? Of course, this is all contingent on student motivation as well.
You can lead a horse to water, but you
can’t make it drink. This is where the
human factor comes into play.
Teachers, real live human beings in
classrooms, form relationships with students. They tell them stories about people
who are successful now that may have
been just like their students at one time.
Humans love stories. Humans need relationships. Humans motivate other humans. Computers? Not so much.
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BOE - Annexation Committee Mtg
5:30 PM. Education Center
CV Welcome Back Game @CV
6:30 PM
SC Picture Day
SC PTA Meeting
9:30 AM
SE PTA Meeting
10:00 AM
Friday, Oct 10, 2014
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SC Picture Day
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SAT I and SAT II EXAM
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, Oct 11, 2014
Monday, Oct 13, 2014
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All Schools Closed - Columbus Day
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Family Swim
7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Middle School
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014
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MS Picture Re-takes
Thursday, Oct 16, 2014
CV BLC Meeting
3:45 PM
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Dr. Matthew S. King
PT BLC Meeting
8:15 AM
Friday, Oct 17, 2014
Family Swim
7:30 PM - 9:45 PM. Middle School
HS Homecoming Football Game
7:00 PM
Saturday, Oct 18, 2014
SC/SE Winner’s Walk @ SE
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Sapphire
HS PSAT Gr. 10 & 11
Sunday, Oct 19, 2014
Family Swim
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM, Middle School
SE Family Picture Day
Monday, Oct 20, 2014
Pine Tree & Smith Clove Book Fair
Music Boosters @CV
7:00 PM, Central Valley
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014
Family Swim
7:30 PM - 9:45 PM, Middle School
PT Book Fair Family Night
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
HS OCMEA All-County Choral
Auditions
SE BLC Meeting
2:50 PM
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