A Message from the Executive Board
Budget Information and Colleague Support
The West Islip School District has already held two of the scheduled Budget Workshops, and this year, after utilizing just over $4 million from reserves, it still has a budget shortfall of nearly $4 million. While the retirement incentive helped close this gap, the district has informed WITA that to fully close the shortfall, staff cuts will be made. Part of the reason for this budget gap is a reduction in overall state aid. School districts receive several types of aid from New York State, and while Foundation Aid was increased for the upcoming year, other aid categories were reduced, leading to a loss of over $300,000.
To support our colleagues and help close this budget gap with additional state aid instead of staff cuts, a letter to the state representatives for West Islip, along with their email addresses, has been written and linked below. We ask that you follow the instructions below and send this letter requesting additional state aid to these legislators. The letter is also posted on the WITA website under the ‘Forms’ link in the ‘Benefit Forms and Info’ tab.
We thank you for your time and effort.
If the above link does not work for you please follow the directions below.
- Download the Letter
- Copy and paste the contents of the letter into the body of an email. The subject is the first line so please use that as the subject to your email.
- Email the following Legislators
Assemblyman Michael Durso - dursom@nyassembly.gov
Senator Monica Martinez - martinez@nysenate.gov
Senator Alexis Weik - weik@nysenate.gov
