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District Contact Include-Ilion Central School District

1 Golden Bomber Dr.

Ilion, NY 13357

Phone: 315.894.9934

Fax: 315.894.2716

Cosimo Tangorra

Superintendent

Recap of the community merger discussion

Following is a summary of the community responses to the questions asked at the Community Merger Discussion held on Dec. 6 at Ilion High School.

Each of the four questions is addressed on a separate page:

What would you suggest the board of education do if the districts choose not to merge?

  • Look for alternative ways to fund sports

  • Avoid grades 9-12 having 25 or more students (too high)

  • Explore more distance learning courses

  • Consider pay-for-play for non mandated sports, music, arts

  • More shared services such as business offices, IT services, purchasing and maintenance

  • Any using school facilities should have to contribute (scouts, non-school sports, etc.)

  • Merge two schools

  • Sharing athletics

  • Anything is worth a look

  • Cross training staff

  • Longer school days & four-day week to reduce overhead

  • Reconfigure elementary school; move all grades 5-6 into the high school

  • Focus on students; this reinforces the reluctance and resistance to change

  • Move away from the community (literally)

  • Seek corporate sponsorships

  • BOE will need to be more receptive to different ideas

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  • Share administrators with another district

  • Reorganize buildings within the district

  • Fund-raising to reinstate lost programs

  • Cut all extracurriculars before kindergarten

  • Lobby state for “pay to play”

  • Seek 60 percent plus one voter majority for larger tax levy

  • Use volunteers instead of paid advisors, coaches, etc.

  • Boosters could raise money for sports, music, etc.

  • Split sessions and share facilities with other schools.

  • Increase class sizes

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