Fear … It’s enough to make you wonder.
VeniVidiScripto has received many, calls, notes, e-mails from teachers, other employees, spouses of employees, parents and taxpayers with no children in the Henry Hudson district schools, ranging from “why do we have to pay o much in taxes for the schools?” or “You better check into Henry Hudson, there’s something going on but I’m afraid to tell you.” Or “I’m going to take my kids out because they’re not challenged enough there.”
Lots of questions. Lots of complaints. Every day. Practically all come with the plea, “don’t let anybody know this came from me, because I’ll get in trouble,…or I’ll lose my job “or something will happen to me.”
Questioned further on the fear factor, the response is simply something like “check how many teachers have left since this super came,” or “are you kidding? You don’t know how mean she is?” or “go up to Hudson one day, you can hear her screaming in her office.”
This week VeniVidiScripto ran a story on the contract awarded to the business administrator at over $190,000 a year plus benefits and the fact that at the same meeting this was unanimously approved by the board of education, the board also unanimously approved cutting three full time employees to part time. That meant in addition to leaving them with smaller paychecks immediately, it also cost them vacation and medical benefits.
Within hours more than 1,000 readers read the story, Yet only one made any comment afterwards. And that comment was simply, “so that’s why our taxes are so high.”
Knowing how many comments VeniVidiScripto usually gets to stories on Facebook, having this story absent comments came as a surprise. The story pointed out that between the administrator and the superintendent, taxpayers are paying more than a quarter of a million dollars And with about 700 students in the schools, which comes to a hefty chunk of the local tax dollar which accounts to more than half of the total municipal tax rate in both towns.
But only one person who read the story had any comment to make? Is there more fear out there?
BOOOOOO