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East Ramapo Central School District is a school district headquartered in the Senator Eugene Levy Dr. Jack R. Anderson Education Center in the Town of Ramapo, New York, United States.〔"(SENTER.jpg )." East Ramapo Central School District. Retrieved on April 7, 2011.〕 The district serves areas of eastern Town of Ramapo, and portions of the towns of Clarkstown and Haverstraw, including Chestnut Ridge, New Hempstead, New Square, Spring Valley which spans Ramapo and Clarkstown, and portions of Airmont and New City. The district also serves the hamlets of Hillcrest and Monsey, as well as the Village of Pomona which straddles the borders of Town of Ramapo and Town of Haverstraw. ==History== On March 5, 1952, seven school districts merged together to form Ramapo Central School District No.1, due to centralization. On August 23, 1973, this district was renamed the East Ramapo Central School District. The school district has seen major demographic changes since the late 1990s. In 1997, of the 18,000 children transported by the district, 10,500 were students of yeshiva private schools. Joseph Berger of ''The New York Times'' said in an article written during that year that this involved "a proportion of public school money to bus private school students that few American towns can match."〔Berger, Joseph. "(Growing Pains for a Rural Hasidic Enclave )." ''The New York Times''. January 13, 1997.〕 During that year 9,500 of the children within the district were private school students from the Village of New Square, Village of Kaser, and the community of Monsey. A 1997 ''The New York Times'' article stated that some East Ramapo school district parents said that the high proportion of private school parents to public school parents could threaten the district. Harvey Katz, an Orthodox Jew who served as a school board member, said that "Just because my children are not in the public schools doesn't mean I don't care about all the children. Children are our future, wherever they may be." The district was one of five districts in New York State where more students were enrolled in private school than in public school due to religious reasons.〔Weinstock, Cheryl Platzman. "Easy City Access In a Ramapos Setting." ''The New York Times''. March 2, 1997. (2 ).〕 In 2005 the Orthodox Jewish population of the district gained majority control of the school board. This new board began reducing the budget and lowering taxes. The communities using the public schools have opposed these actions.〔Wallace-Wells, Benjamin. "(Them and Them )." ''New York'' magazine. April 21, 2013. p. (1 )-(2 ). Retrieved on April 23, 2014. "Meria Petit-Bois registered for classes at Ramapo High School in April 2010,()"(Page 1)"It had been five years since the Orthodox majority had won control of the school board."(Page 2)〕 In a 2007 magazine article Dr. Mitchell Schwartz, the superintendent of the district, said that growing Hasidic yeshivas resulted in private school enrollment within the district increasing by a 3 to 4 percent increment per year.〔Zeliger, Robert. "(Culture clash )." ''Rockland Magazine''. August 31, 2007.〕 By 2010, due to reduced budgets and lowered taxes, the district's finances had decreased and services were reduced at the schools, forcing students to take five- and six-year graduation plans instead of four-year plans.〔Wallace-Wells, Benjamin. "(Them and Them )." ''New York'' magazine. April 21, 2013. p. (2 ). Retrieved on April 23, 2014. "There are now only a handful of white students in the public schools, and more than half the children there receive reduced-fee lunches. “A lot of them are from immigrant families, and they’re looking for that better life,” says Fields. “And I don’t know if it’s going to happen.” Many of the refugees are lingering on five- and six-year paths to graduation."〕 In July 2010 the School Board of the East Ramapo Central School District voted to sell its Hillcrest Elementary School—closed due to budget cuts—to the Hasidic Jewish Congregation Yeshiva Avir Yakov of New Square.〔http://www.lohud.com/article/20100729/NEWS03/7290394/District-OKs-sale-of-Hillcrest-Elementary July 29, 2010.〕 In an official response to an investigation of the sale, New York State Education Commissioner David Steiner stated the East Ramapo board “abused its discretion by hastily approving the sale.” The 12 acre campus, assessed at $10.2 million (market value) by the Assessor’s Office of Clarkstown was given only a $3.2 million appraisal by the school board's own attorney, Albert D’Agostino. On June 8, 2011 the commissioner of the NY State Education Department halted the sale of the building stating the board failed its fiduciary responsibility to the district when it approved the $3.2 million deal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Ramapo Central School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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