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Oswego Daily News

Hoefer Supports Superintendent’s Plan For Oswego District

Oswego school board vice president Jim Tschudy, center, and president Sam Tripp, right, listen as board member John Dunsmoor makes a point regarding the proposed budget on Tuesday night.

The Oswego School Board member says the superintendent is trying to do something right. Instead of cutting him, the board should give him a chance. “I want to see if he can pull this (budget) off with no tax increase,” Hoefer added. The superintendent will present his proposed spending plan next week.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton School Budget Holds Spending Line, Cuts 18 Jobs

Fulton’s school budget picture looks a whole lot better than it did a week ago, though it will take as many as 18 lost jobs to do it.

The Board of Education Tuesday night reviewed the first official draft of the budget for 2010-2011. It is the product of months of work, including several public work sessions by a committee of administrators, board members and members of the public.

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Oswego Daily News

Attorney: Hoefer’s Right To Free Speech Was ‘Trashed’

When Middletown school board president Will Geiger refused to let Fran Hoefer speak at the March 4 school board meeting, he violated the spirit of Open Meetings Law, according to the state’s expert on the subject. At a press conference today, Civil Rights lawyer Michael Sussman drove home that point even further. He claims the Middletown board and its superintendent (former Oswego superintendent) Dr. Kenneth Eastwood should apologize to Hoefer and invite him back.

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