March 11, 2008 Referendum Information
Updated March 11, 2008 | WCSD Home Page | Master Plan |
REFERENDUM VOTE: MARCH 11, 7:30 AM - 9 PM
The referendum was defeated: Referendum results
NOT SURE WHERE TO VOTE? Go to our online Where Do I Vote? search site and put in the name of your street.
Since August 2003 the District has, through the efforts of staff, community, board members and professional consultants, worked diligently to develop a Master Plan that addresses projected long-range student enrollments and identified programmatic and related infrastructure needs. [continued]
WHAT'S NEW?
- March 9: Added a link to the Where
Do I Vote? search
site.
- March 4: Added a streaming video
version of the WCSD on the Air Referendum show.
- February 29: Added floor and site plans, the Winter 2008 issue of WCSD in Print, and a Referendum Fact Sheet.
- February 28: Added a question about staffing to Questions & Answers
- February 25: A video of the superintendent's presentation at the February 21 community forum.
- February 3: A web version of the superintendent's community presentation.
- January 31: Two movies in the Videos section, one giving a 3-D view of the proposed additions to Van Wyck and Wappingers JHS and the other taking you inside those and other schools to show some of the conditions that have led the district to propose this referendum.
COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS
We hope you came to one of our community presentations, held on January 30, February 20, and February 21. You can also see the presentation in one of two ways:
- A streaming video of the superintendent's presentation at the February 21 community forum.
- A web
version of the superintendent's PowerPoint,
including links to two associated videos.
- Winter 2008 issue of WCSD in Print.
- Referendum Fact Sheet.
ABSENTEE BALLOT
BALLOT WORDING
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of Wappingers Central School District, Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, is hereby authorized to construct additions to and reconstruct various School District facilities, including original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, appurtenances, site improvements, and incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $107,137,282 and that such sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, after application of applicable State aid, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided by Section 416 of the Education Law; and in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District shall be issued.
WHEN & WHERE TO VOTE
POLLING LOCATIONS
- Fishkill Elementary School
- Fishkill Plains Elementary School
- Gayhead Elementary School
- Myers Corners Elementary School
- Vassar Road Elementary School
- Wappingers Junior High School
| Adobe Acrobat file, floor plan and site plan |
Floor plan picture only (jpg) |
| Van Wyck JHS pdf |
Van Wyck JHS jpg |
| Wappingers JHS pdf |
Wappingers JHS jpg |
Both floor and site plans are included in the Winter 2008 issue of WCSD in Print.
VIDEOS - All videos require version 7 of QuickTime Player (a free download)
ARCHIVED VIDEOS - These are videos you can view at any time. Some were prepared specially for public presentation and/or streaming over the Internet while others are saved copies of public meetings.
- Middle
School & 5-Year Plan Overview - Video shot inside and outside
of a number of district schools (3 minutes, 45 seconds).
- Middle School Construction Plan Overview - A 3-D virtual flyover of both junior high schools, showing the locations of school additions (6 minutes).
- Superintendent Powell's Presentation to the Public - A 45 minute video of the superintendent's presentation at the February 21 public forum held at Wappingers JHS. The PowerPoint is the same as is listed in the Community Presentations link at the top of this page and the two videos he shows are the same as the two listed immediately above this bullet.
- WCSD on the Air Referendum show.
Site
info: Charles Hill [chill@WappingersSchools.org]