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Advocacy Letters from Eastchester's Board of Education
Click the links below to read the latest advocacy letters from Eastchester's Board of Education to Governer Hochul:
- [Click here] for a letter requesting that the following issues are targeted for supplemental support in the 2022-23 state budget cycle and beyond: 1) addressing the student mental health crisis and 2) responding to learning gaps created by the COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented
impact on schools.
- [Click here] for a letter imploring the State to formally review the now fifteen-year-old Foundation Aid formula to ensure it reflects public education in New York today.
- [Click here] for a letter addressing the national staffing crisis not being fully accounted for in the FY 2023 Executive Budget or the “Description of 2022-23 New York State School Aid Programs,” published on January 18, 2022. Accordingly, Eastchester's Board of Education is asking that resources for instruction be substantially expanded for retention, professional development, continuing education, and wellness support for existing staff, and for hiring additional staff.