The Huletts Current

Whitehall Central School District Notice of Capital Project Notice is Given that a special meeting of the qualified voters of the Whitehall Central School District, Washington County, New York, will be held in the Large Group Instruction Room in the Junior-Senior High School Building on Buckley Road in the Town of Whitehall, New York, on [...]

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Another Whitehall store sits empty while municipal officials spend extravagantly on unnecessary projects. At a time when Whitehall is literally flooded, no new businesses are coming into the area, and school enrollment is dropping faster that Newton’s apple, what does the school board in its “wisdom” decide to do? If you guessed, approve a special [...]

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The school district election was on Tuesday. Current incumbents George Armstrong and Virginia Rivette ran unopposed for reelection. Mr. Armstrong received 209 votes and Ms. Rivette received 192 votes. While I provided both candidates with questionnaires, I never received Ms. Rivette’s questionnaire back. The budget passed with 175 votes “for” and 58 “opposed”. I congratulate [...]

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The Whitehall School District will have an election Tuesday, May 17th between 12:00 noon and 9:00 p.m. in the LGI room of the Junior/Senior High School on Buckley Road: 1.) To adopt next years budget. 2.) To elect two (2) members of the school board. I have posted here the yearly budget comparison mailed out [...]

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This year there are two vacancies on the Board of Education and two candidates running for these seats. The Huletts Current submitted the following questions to each candidate running for the school board. I explained to each candidate that I would run their answers as they submitted them on the Huletts Current. The questions are [...]

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The vote to elect two members to the school board and to approve or reject the proposed school budget will be held on May 17, 2011. Two candidates are running for the two open seats on the school board this year. Mr. George Armstrong and Ms. Virginia Rivette are both running for reelection. I’ve mailed [...]

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Sadly, in a year when enrollment is declining, the Whitehall school board has again decided to raise spending and property taxes. The Post Star has the story here.

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The state aid amounts to local school districts were released on Wednesday. These are the figures for the Whitehall School District. For the 2010-2011 year, the district received $8,119,139. For 2011-2012, the district is scheduled to receive $7,361,054. This is a $758,085 cut which translates into a 9.34% reduction in state spending. To see the [...]

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The Post Star has a must read article on Huletts’ Billie Borden. This is an excellent piece! And of course, kudos to Billie for her courage, character and intelligence.

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Plan to Rid Lake George of Clams The Times Union tells us that the campaign to kill the Asian clams growing in Lake George will begin next month. Underwater Power Line Project Gains Support The plan is to have this project go right through Whitehall. Read the Post Star. Learn About the Adirondack Gray Squirrel [...]

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Washington County Camp Little Notch Update The Adirondack Almanack has an update about Camp Little Notch in Fort Ann. Whitehall Mayoral Candidates Offer Ideas The Post Star reports on a candidates forum in the Village of Whitehall. You Always Wanted to Build an Igloo The BBC has a great video with info that might come [...]

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I went through the last 6 years worth of data that is publically available and put together this table which compares the student enrollment in the Whitehall School district to the number of staff positions. As you can see, enrollment has been falling (and is projected to continue to fall) while teacher and staff positions [...]

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The Whitehall Times has an eye-opening article on the problems Whitehall has made for itself by the school board’s out of control tax and spend policies. Finally, the plummeting enrollment of the Whitehall school district can’t be hidden anymore. Readers of the Huletts Current have known about this for some time now. What is the [...]

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As enrollment falls and the cost per student rises, the Whitehall School board is proposing to spend $500,000 on building improvements, the Whitehall Times reports. The fact that is not really presented in the article is that, if undertaken, the project has already been paid for by the taxpayers. This is how the school board [...]

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