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Notes from the Supervisorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office It seems as if spring has finally arrived in Guilderland, and the signs of it are everywhere. People working on lawns and gardens; home improvement projects underway; baseball and softball leagues starting their seasons; the fairways at Western Turnpike full of golfers; and all the other things our residents do to celebrate the return of warmer weather. As enjoyable as all these activities are, it is also a time of year when we all need to be conscious of the safety of our own families as well as all the other residents who are enjoying the spring as much as we are.

This is a time to be especially conscious of safe driving, walking, and bicycling habits as we move about the Town.

Safety should be a primary concern of all of us, no matter how busy our lives become at this time of year.

I am pleased to let residents know that Guilderland, as a member of the Capital Region Recycling Partnership, a consortium of 14 area communities working together to promote better recycling practices, has expanded its recycling program to include all plastics with the code numbers 1-7.

The Transfer Station had previously been able to accept materials coded 1-3. Some of the common household items accepted for recycling under the new program are: plastic cups; yogurt containers; butter containers; and pill bottles. Further information is available on the Transfer Station page on the Town website, www.townofguilderland. org, as well as on the Partnership site www.capitalregionrecycling.com, a website totally devoted to recycling.

Also, please be aware that Guilderland will hold its annual Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day from 8:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, May 22, at the Town Highway Garage, located at 6363 Frenchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill Road in Guilderland Center. Drive in with your materials in your car, and we will unload the material and dispose of it in an environmentally sound manner.

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This program is provided to our residents with the assistance of a grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

On April 17, Guilderland Boy Scouts from Troops 50 (Scoutmaster Larry Vincent) and 83 (Scoutmaster Dan Travers) provided a significant amount of volunteer labor to maintain and improve the pedestrian trail network in Tawasentha Park and the Winter Recreation Area. At the same time, members of Troop 24 (Scoutmaster George Pafumi) were working on a tree-planting project in the Guilderland Community Gardens.

These Boy Scout troops have made community service in the parks into an annual event, and we are really grateful for their efforts to make Guilderlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parks a community resource we can all take pride in.

www.guilderlandrec.org. Almost all of these programs fill up each year, so please check into any programs you may be interested in soon.

Western Turnpike Golf Course is in full swing, offering a relaxing opportunity for local golfers to play in a friendly environment, with discounted rates and preferred tee times available for Guilderland residents. The resident rate is available to holders of a resident ID card, which can be obtained at the Pro Shop at the golf course with two forms of identification showing your address. You can view more information on the golf course by logging on to www.westernturnpike. com. For questions about rates or tee times, please contact the Pro Shop at 456-0786.

Please check the Guilderland website, www.townofguilderland.org, on a regular basis to remain current on events taking place around the Town. I hope all our residents enjoy the spring season.

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Message from the Chamber...

May is one of my favorite months here at the chamber and just in general! The beautiful weather, trees and flowers lift my spirits, and it is awards and annual dinner planning time at the chamber. The following businesses were nominated by their peers and won the chamber and town awards: Chamber Award Winners Best Place to Work: Capital District Transportation Authority 45 nominations from CDTA employees were submitted in a matter of weeks.

Award of Merit: Altamont Community Tradition(ACT) This award is designated to an individual or organization whose work and civic activities have significantly contributed to the betterment of the business community. This year ACT proved to be a vital organization in bettering the community in Altamont with such events as Victorian Holiday Events, Village House Tours, and village cleanups among other activities.

Small Business Person for the Year: Kevin Clancy of Kevin Clancy Real Estate Kevin Clancy has made a name for himself in and around the Guilderland Community, not just with his Real Estate Business, but by supporting other area businesses and business leaders. He also expanded his business and opened up a new office in March of 2010.

Chamber Champion: Joanne Hook of CDPHP Joanne currently serves as the chair of the GCC Women in Business Group. She continues to support the chamber with many events throughout the year as a volunteer, sponsor, organizer, chair, attendee, and leader. She goes above and beyond what is asked of her and you can find her at almost every chamber event.

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Town Beautification Award Winners New Construction: SEFCU of Altamont Stop by and pay the staff a visit in their beautiful new building now serving the village of Altamont!

Best Remodel: Juicy Burger/Reflections Nail Salon For turning old medical offices into two beautiful spaces; One being a high end burger restaurant, and the other a serene spa for manicures and pedicures, these two new businesses tie for this ward!

Worth a Detour: Forever 21 Located in Crossgates Mall, Forever 21, a young womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing store recently expanded into a beautiful new space. The attention to detail from the glitter in the floor tiles to the details of the construction on the walls and clothing racks, makes this store â&#x20AC;&#x153;off the beaten pathâ&#x20AC;? worth a look even if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fancy their fashions.

Best Overall: Stewarts Shops for the Altamont, 155 and 146 Locations Famous around the region for their ice cream and quick lunch stops in addition to groceryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and fuel, Stewarts wins this award not only for their new building in the area, but also for the landscape around each of their buildings, LED lights and eye catching signage.

Congratulations! All award winners will be celebrated and presented with plaques at the Guilderland Chamber of Commerceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Dinner on Thursday, June 10th 2010 at the ALBANY COUNTRY CLUB!!

For more upcoming events visit www.guilderlandchamber.com.

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SUMMER SOCCER 2010 !!!!

Guilderland Youth Soccer Association, “REC" Soccer, invites you to join hundreds of other interested athletes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings this summer for fun filled soccer games. Open to players of all abilities. x x x x

Games run from July 13th through August 19th.

Games played at DiCaprio Park.

Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning at 6:00 pm.

Games only – no practices. These are fun pickup games.

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3 AND 4 YEAR OLDS DIVISION PRE-K

DIVISION K - going into Kindergarten Division A - going into 1st and 2nd Grades Division B - going into 3rd - 5th Grades

Division C - going into 6th - 8th Grades Division D - going into 9th - College Freshman

IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION MAIL IN REGISTRATION ONLY!

Registrations are due June 30th!

Player Name* __________________________________________ D.O.B. ___/___/___ Grade: _____ Male: ____ Female: ____ Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number: _______________________School Name: ____________________ Email: ____________________________________ Name - Mother or Guardian: _______________________Phone Number: (if Different) ____________________ Name - Father or Guardian: ________________________Phone Number: (if Different)_____________________ Registration fees (Family max. $75.00) $30.00 Summer Season $_________ GYSA Shirt (if a new one is needed) $18.00 Shirt $_________ SPECIAL! Sign up for the Fall Season now for a discounted price! Summer/Fall combined $55.00** $_________*** Your donation would be greatly appreciated for equipment or the DiCaprio Park fund $_________ TOTAL $_________

Make checks payable to: Guilderland Youth Soccer Assn., P.O. Box 250, Guilderland, New York 12084 Medical Condition

Indicate player’s special medical condition(s) _____________________________________________________ This is mandatory. If no such condition, write: “NONE”

I understand that soccer is a contact sport and that although efforts will be made to provide safe and orderly game conditions, there will always remain a chance of serious injury.

Recognizing that such risks exist, I give my permission for my child _________________ (name) to participate in this activity. I also agree to release Guilderland Youth Soccer Association Inc., its Players, Coaches, Officials, Guilderland School District and the Town of Guilderland of all liability that may arise.

Parent’s or Guardian’s Signature: _____________________________________ Date: _____________

If you have questions or comments, please contact: Summer League Contact person: Mick Shropshire 869-3126 This flyer is being distributed by the Guilderland Central School District as a community service to students and parents for information purposes only. This program is not affiliated with nor endorsed in any way by the Guilderland Central School District.

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Community Caregiversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drivers bring our clients to medical appointments, to shop for groceries and pick up prescriptions.

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Your neighbors need you. Requests for rides have increased dramatically and we need more drivers to serve the elderly and people of all ages who are unable to drive.

Becoming a volunteer is easy! Attend a brief meeting and ďŹ ll out a volunteer form. Learn how the program works and our staďŹ&#x20AC; will get you started on helping your neighbor.

Our service area includes Bethlehem, Guilderland, New Scotland and the Hilltowns of Altamont, Berne and Knox. YOU decide how far you will drive and in what locations. Destinations include these areas as well as Albany and Schenectady.

Orientations: Wednesday May 5, at 9:30 am, Thursday May 13, at 6 pm, Wednesday June 9 at 9:30 am and Thursday, June 24 at 4 pm at 2113 Western Avenue in Guilderland.

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Metamorphosis in the Capital Region

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Attracting close to 3,000 visitors annually, the Butterfly House at Farnsworth Middle School is proud to announce its thirteenth summer running this year.

The program, founded my Dr. Alan Fiero, boasts a beautiful butterfly garden, an organic garden, informational studentled tours, a metamorphosis room, a gift shop, and an arts & crafts room for children. Visitors from across the town, capital region, state, and often times country, come and learn from avid student volunteers who are equipped with fascinating facts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The butterfly garden consists of three sections. First we have hundreds of plants that may be used by butterflies for nectar or larval food. We have the larval food for almost every local native butterfly. Secondly, there are areas growing native Pine Bush plants to showcase them to the $// '5< &/($1,1* '21( 21 35(0,6(6

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community. Lastly, we have native Pine Bush plants that we grow for seeds,â&#x20AC;? explains Dr. Fiero when he was asked to describe major details of the butterfly garden.

Twelve years ago, Dr. Fiero started the butterfly program to expose community members to â&#x20AC;&#x153;ideas about the Pine Bush and habitat restoration.â&#x20AC;? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so important about the Pine

The Karner Blue butterfly is a symbol for all endangered species and specifically for the endangered Pine Bush ecosystem. We are lucky enough to have one of the few remaining populations right here in our own town.

Bush, one may ask? The Pine Bush used to be buried beneath a moving glacier, which left behind massive amounts of sand.

What we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know was that it was home to several native plants, trees, and most importantly, the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Karner Blue butterfly is a symbol for all endangered species and specifically for the endangered Pine Bush ecosystem. We are lucky enough to have one of the few remaining populations right here in our own town.

The Karner Blue was actually named after our community. It would be a tremendous loss if it was no longer found here,â&#x20AC;? interprets Dr. Fiero.

According to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve website, less than 20% of the original Albany Pine Bush ecosystem still survives today. This sand barren, formed 15,000 years ago, is now divided by interstate highways, shopping malls (including the popular Crossgates Mall), and industrial parks, and is threatened by further habitat loss. One of the most important programs for the Pine Bush is the controlled fire, which the rare ecosystem is dependent upon to survive as a

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unique area. Invading species, plants and animals alike, are driven out while the native organisms are revived in the fires.

Every summer, over sixty students sign up to volunteer at the station for service learning. The students spend two to three weeks maintaining the organic garden, leading tours, and acting as mentors in the Butterfly Bonanza and Butterfly 101 programs for younger children learning about butterflies. In the first week of each three-week session (excluding the third and last session, which runs only two weeks), the students learn about the Pine Bush, native butterflies, and gardening strategies. They then take several tests to ensure that their knowledge can be spread to the rest of the community.

Every day around noon, the volunteers walk out to the organic garden to pull unwanted weeds, harvest the new vegetables (tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, etc.), and plant seeds for the coming season. When the student volunteers are ready, they take yet another test to memorize the tour speech and when they pass it, they are rewarded with a neat butterfly station tee shirt and cap. The remaining two weeks consist of public tours, gardening, educating young children, and catching butterflies!

Each tour starts with welcoming the visitor to the Butterfly Station and leading them to the butterfly house in the courtyard while listing the many sponsors of the program.

In the butterfly house, many common butterflies fly about, however many more butterflies are collected and brought to the house. The courtyard is also home to the Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial. Back in the school and down the hallway lie the metamorphosis room, museum, arts and crafts room, and gift shop. The metamorphosis room contains hundreds of caterpillars, and eggs ready to hatch and morph into the beautiful butterflies we all adore. The museum is, what it is: a museum. There are several tick slides under microscopes, petrified moths and butterflies, and even some puzzles exclusively for kids. The gift shop is also located in the museum where the visitor can buy water bottles, handmade bags, seeds, and organic tealeaves, just to name a few.

The arts and crafts room is by far the most popular to visitors with children. They can get their face painted, make butterfly bookmarks and door handles, and color in butterfly stencils. Finally, the guest is reminded to visit the organic garden where they can buy all organic vegetables before they depart.

Dr. Fiero stresses, “The Pine Bush Preserve is in constant need of maintenance and restoration if it is to survive in a constantly growing community. They are in constant need of volunteers.” For more information on how to volunteer, visit the Albany Pine Bush Preserve website or the Albany Pine Bush “Discovery Center sponsored Trustco.”

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Cooperation is the ability to get along and work well with others. It typically implies an ability to support friends and family members through listening, sharing, including, compromising, encouraging and taking turns. Cooperative children possess a willingness to work things out peacefully and abide by the rules.

Cooperation is a very important social skill. In fact, studies show that it is among one of the most important skills that children master. After all, if a child can not share, take turns, listen, sit in a group, or work with others, how can s/ he be successful in school or at play? However, with so much focus on competition and academics, sometimes, cooperation and other social skills are overlooked. Therefore, spending time or teaching cooperative skills is crucial to every childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall success in life.

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Take a look at some of these ideas and decide for yourself which one you will employ this month. Whatever you choose, you will be making long lasting memories while at the same time, encouraging cooperation. There you go, multitasking again! Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to your success!

Bob Esposito is the owner of Capital Northeast MarĆ&#x;al Arts. His school is located at 1811 Western Ave. in Guilderland. He currently holds the rank of 3rd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and 3rd Degree Black Belt in Hapkido. Mr. Esposito holds an AccounĆ&#x;ng degree from Siena College and a MBA from Russell Sage College.

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(2) Make something homemade: Lots of wonderful memories can be made in the home. Bake cookies, make pizza from scratch, design birthday or holiday cards for the year, or build a model airplane together. Whatever you like to make can be shared. The children will not only learn how to make something special but they will also need to cooperate to get it done right.

(3) Scrapbook and journal: Perhaps you have gone somewhere special together lately. Maybe you have lots of pictures in your drawer waiting to be organized. Why not put them in a family scrapbook with your children? You can tell stories about the times you spent together while designing pages together. You can also have your children write their favorite memory of that time which will be a great way to make your scrapbook pages special.

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Francis J. Murray Jr., President and CEO of NYSERDA, sent this message to the Library: â&#x20AC;&#x153;On this Earth Day, I congratulate the leadership of the Guilderland Public Library and its patrons and supporters for its work to protect our environment. NYSERDA is proud to have partnered with the Guilderland Public Library, and we look forward to working with more libraries and other public institutions to help them achieve their energy and sustainability goals.â&#x20AC;?

After the remarks were concluded, Library Director Barbara Nichols Randall and Mr. Callender walked up to the power monitor, each took hold of an end of the green dedication ribbon, and pulled revealing that the solar array at that moment was generating 9,000 watts per hour.

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Guilderland Performing Arts Center Summer 2010 - Our 31st Season!

Our Thursday Night Summer Series is Free and Open to All with Free Parking!

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Guilderland Town Band Thursday - July 22 - 7:30 P.M.

The Joey Thomas Big Band Sponsored by: Price Chopper Thursday - July 29th - 7:30 P.M.

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Electric City Chorus Men’s Barbershop Group!

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The Back 40 Band Contemporary Country!

Sponsored by Guilderland Democrats Thursday - August 26 - 7:30 P.M.

Hair of the Dog High Spirited Celtic Music!

If you are interested in assisting GPAC, inquire at the Concession Stand for details and further information. Call 456-3150 for Program information.

Sponsored by: Burns Management GPAC wishes to thank the Guilderland Town Board for its continued support. We are also truly grateful to our many sponsors, patrons and supporters.

Events will be held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, performances may be moved to Guilderland High School. Call 456-3150 for more information or weather updates.

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Q&A with Cody Futia

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Your four years at GHS are coming to a close, what do you think you will miss the most about High School?

I will miss the friends that I have made over the years, the awesome teachers that I have learned a great deal from and the quality coaches that I have interacted with in all the sports I participated in.

What’s your favorite food?

Buffalo Wings: hotter the better Who is your favorite teacher?

Mr. Lampman, I had him for precalc. He was awesome because he made precalc interesting and enjoyable, made it easy to learn and understand.

Who is your favorite actor/actress?

Actor: Gerald Butler Actress: Tina Fay What is your favorite movie? The Departed What are your plans after graduation?

I will be attending UAlbany, majoring in business and playing lacrosse for the Great Danes.

You have an entrepreneurial spirit. Tell us about your business Assault Sports Apparel?

I always had a thing for collecting T shirts, but there aren’t many T shirt designs which exhibit “Attitude” coupled with sports. So I start my own apparel and accessory company. Taking a few sports management / business classes at Guilderland and guidance from several people (my dad and others) have helped me make my dream come true. I was involved in every aspect from the creative design, the creation of our main character “Doc Shock” to his alter ego, and another skull character. That was a real neat process, seeing my idea’s come to reality. Also I created the statements used on much of product(s). All statements exhibit the “Attitude” which players need to play sports, but play it in a hard aggressive fashion (i.e.) “Attitude, the difference between being good and being great”.

My little sister Kadi who is turning into a pretty good lacrosse player herself, was kind of upset that my idea’s hadn’t incorporated the Attitude which girls play with as well. So back to the drawing board I went and created Skull with eye black, but the girls version has pony tails. In the testing of it - - it was really received well. I was also involved with the creation of a website. Learning about all that was very interesting on how to draw consumers to the site.

It’s assaultaportsapparel.com. Also on the site, I have temporary tattoos and bumper stickers. I’m working on a second round of T shirts, hoodies, decals and posters. I’m working hard to get the name out, which is working quite well, my target market is 12 - 24 year olds. I have been receiving a great response by all who have seen the products. It’s pretty exciting! So being involved in creation to production to sales to distribution has been a great learning experience.

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I’ll be participating on a lacrosse team which will compete in a FIL sanctioned lacrosse tournament which will comprise of touring and club teams from all over the world. This festival will coincide with the 2010 FIL World Championships, and will be played on the same venue (Manchester University Sports Complex in Manchester England) as the FIL World Lacrosse Championships. To be crowned World Champion in our division is a goal which I’m hungry for. It’ll be a great ending to my high school lacrosse career at Guilderland High School and a great beginning for this upcoming fall by furthering my education and playing lacrosse for The D1 UAlbany Great Danes.

This selection to the USA team will consist of the best high school and college bound athletes from the eastern part of the US. Each athlete on this team has been hand selected by coaches to receive an invitation to be part of this select team.

They not only look for the highest quality athletes but athletes of high character who will make great representatives for their school, their communities, the sport of lacrosse and the certainly the United States of America.

I’m very excited, we’ll be training with top lacrosse coaches from the United States. I will represent the USA in games against some the best amateur teams from across the world.

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THE UPS STORE IN GUILDERLAND CELEBRATES 21 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Guilderland, NY – During the month of April, The UPS Store, located at 1971 Western Avenue, Albany (Guilderland) NY, celebrated its 21 year anniversary. To honor the occasion and demonstrate their continued commitment to the community, the location hosted a month-long celebration.

The anniversary celebration included a 3 cent black and white and 29 cent color copy promotion for the entire month of April. The store also hosted an anniversary party on April 21 complete with food, games and prizes.

“Since opening our doors in 1989, it’s been a pleasure getting to know our customers. We really take pride in helping to meet their individual shipping, postal and business needs,” said Brian Clark, The UPS Store franchisee. “We’re looking forward to many more years of serving Guilderland.”

In addition to domestic and international shipping, The UPS Store offers black and white and full color copying and direct printing, document finishing (binding, laminating, etc.), notary, packaging, freight crating and shipping, mailbox and postal services, office and packaging supplies and more.

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2010 - 2011 School Budget Adopted Mike Marcantonio

leagues, I know most desire the intense competition in school sports.”

Spring is usually characterized by the budding On the other hand, tax-payer, Rita Tetreault, who of trees, the growing of plants and the onset of has had three children go through the Guilderland School warmer weather. Instead, here in Guilderland, spring District, playing sports throughout their high school career, is characterized by the school budget – anything and said that if there’s going to be one part of the sports that everything that has to do with it. The proposed budget for get cut freshman sports are probably the most practicable the 2010-11 school year has got tax-payers alarmed, ones. district officials trying to “In terms of Guilderland please everyone, and remaining competitive [in teachers worried about being sports], it might have an cut. Most importantly, students “It is hard to imagine Guilderland impact,” she stated. “It may are pained with the thought Schools without athletics, extrainvolve [freshmen] having to that their favorite teacher play at a higher level and I won’t be here next year, and curricular activities, and some of the worry the only thing with that the sport team that they’re familiar faces of faculty and support is if physically they’re able currently on will be no more. to handle that. I would hope staff in our hallways,” On April 13, the Guilderland the coaches would take that Board of Education into consideration.” She also unanimously adopted an expressed the fact that if kids $87,447,715 spending plan do have to play on higher level teams, they’re probably not for the 2010-11 school year after countless amounts of hours, days and even weeks went into balancing the budget. going to get as much playing time and be able to further develop their skill.

The proposal represents an increase in spending of 2.49 Programs percent over the current year’s budget and will go before Unlike the proposed budget, the adopted budget includes district voters on May 18. The proposed budget cuts jobs, a full reinstallation of after school clubs and activities for cancels school programs, and has other substantial effects. the middle school and the high school, costing the district This budget comes in $68,000 shy of the superintendent’s $156,660. Also included in the budget is an additional partproposed budget and does include the restoration of some time nursing position at FMS, costing $18,040, the special district jobs and a numerous number of programs. education administrator at FMS, costing $111,600, AP and This restoration was made feasible by several cost saving SUPA courses at the high school, costing $33,500, and earth measures such as Guilderland teachers sacrificing one science classes at the middle school, costing $40,200. day’s pay to give a total of $220,000 to the district. In Not all jobs were saved in the budget. A total of 56 addition, the district will delay the repayment of a bond full-time equivalent staff positions district-wide will be that will temporarily save $1.15 million for a year (but it cut: 10 full-time equivalent teaching positions; 24 fullmust be paid next year, along with next year’s payment, time equivalent teaching assistant positions; 3 full-time plus interest), and $73,000 will be saved by eliminating a equivalent supervisor and coordinator positions; and 19 majority of freshman sports full-time equivalent non-instructional positions. The proposed Sports spending plan eliminates the Foreign Language Early Start “I don’t think freshman sports should be cut because it will Program (FLES) for students in grades K-3, as well. negatively affect all sports programs,” stated junior, Kyra Taxes Malamood. “From my experience with the soccer program, the freshman level is a great opportunity for 8th graders to “It is hard to imagine Guilderland Schools without athletics, extra-curricular activities, and some of the familiar faces of play above modified sports, but more importantly it lowers the competition to make a JV or Varsity team. Now, without faculty and support staff in our hallways,” expressed a GHS teacher, “But that may be the stark reality as we approach freshman teams, many athletes will be without a team to the next few years of financial insecurity.” play on because of the heightened competition.”

This teacher pointed out that Guilderland School District is Freshman, Adam Pitkin, who is currently on the freshman asking for a 3.59 percent tax increase when districts across baseball team, feels the same way as Malamood. “It [the the state are asking for 5-7 percent increases (on average). elimination of freshman sports] will add chaos to JV tryouts because there will be more people competing for a spot,” he claimed. “While freshmen could play in recreational sport To AdverƟse in the Our Towne Guilderland Monthly Shopper, Please Call (518)356-3898

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According to building principal, Brian McCann, this is “a blanket comparison across the state. For example, some small districts across the state have a very small tax base.

That would impact how much of a tax increase they’re been forced to adopt in these tough economic times.”

“Bottom line, it’s a balancing act that calls for the administration and the school board to know its community,” McCann stated. “If only to match what other schools are doing, we put out a 5-7 percent tax increase, that would have detrimental effect on our community trust. And let’s not forget, it’s the tax-payer and the community that’s going to pull the lever on the budget.”

GHS business teacher, Kate Lawler, agreed with McCann.

“Guilderland has always been really low [in taxes],” she stated in response to the 3.59 percent tax increase. “To be honest, I’m ok with the increase. I am involved in real estate a little bit, so I know what the taxes are around [the region], whether it be in Bethlehem or the in Shenendehowa district; Guilderland always fairs very well with that. I think it’s a very fair increase and will help our school district continue on.”

While, Brian Hartson, a Guilderland tax-payer, claimed that this increase could have been avoided if the school board hadn’t approved full-day kindergarten last year.

“We had no business approving full-day kindergarten when we knew that the funding was only going to be there for two years in Washington,” Hartson stated. “They should have backed away from a full-day kindergarten, it never should have happened.” He continued to say that the board should have waited to approve this program, but only when things improved economically.

For the average tax-payer, the tax increase amounts to $140 per year (based on a $200,000 tax assessment), according to the Informal Budget Hearing for the 2010-11

school year on March 23. One GHS teacher believes these district-wide cuts and elimination of sport/club programs would not have been necessary if the district had asked for more reasonable tax increases in the last three years.

Lawler believes that there is no way to determine exactly where we’d be if taxes were greatly increased over the last three years. “You couldn’t have predicted what would have happened with the economy, you never know what’s going to happen. The goal is always to make both the voters happy, while keeping the best interests of the district in mind.”

With this budget, there is growing concern from tax-payers and/or parents as to whether or not teacher cuts will affect the education of Guilderland students. Tetreault said that we’re very fortunate to have a good teacher-student ratio and is worried to see that diminish.

“When you have special needs or require extra time, it may be difficult for teachers with a higher number of kids within the classroom without having the support systems from the teaching assistants. It’s going to be tough for them to give adequate time [to each student],” she claimed. “I don’t know how it cannot have an impact on the quality of the education that the kids are going to receive.”

According to assistant principal, Aaron Sicotte, class sizes will be higher across the district and there will be limits on classes being run, due to insufficient funds and not enough teachers. “There’s no doubt that students will feel a direct impact, but I believe we can handle the cuts we are faced with and the challenges that are presented,” Sicotte stated.

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