🏫 RVC SCHOOLS IN CRISIS

🚫 THE DISTRICT’S PLAN: Cut teachers and strip student services.

⚠️ THE RESULT: Lower achievement, lower rankings, lower home values.

🗺️ THE ALTERNATIVE -  A SYSTEMS ROADMAP:

👔 Administrative Reductions 👔

✂️ Cut the Top: Eliminate and consolidate redundant roles. 
⏳ Scale Down Admin: Move 12-month staff to shorter contracts. 
🤝 Shared Sacrifice: Implement pay-cuts for Central Office.
🚫 Trim Expense Accounts: Freeze travel and discretionary budgets.

⚙️ Operational Efficiency ⚙️ 

🏠 “Insource"  Programming: Stop sending millions to BOCES/IB. Adopt NY Curriculum and AP. Bring Special Ed. programs home.
🚌 Increase transportation distance to decrease costs. 

🏗️ Structural Reengineering 🏗️ 

🏢 Building Consolidation: "Mothball" underfilled wings; close underutilized buildings during summer.
💡 Modernize Energy Controls

💰 Revenue Generation 💰 

🏀 Facility Rentals: Launch a formal rental program for gyms, classrooms, and fields.
🏟️ Sponsorships: Partner with local businesses for naming rights. 
📈 Inter-District Services: Market our successful in-house programs to neighboring districts for profit.

📉 Long-Term Staffing & Savings 📉 

❄️ Protect Through Attrition: Use a hiring freeze to eliminate positions naturally.
🔄 Strategic Swaps: Use early retirement incentives to swap high-tier salaries for entry-level instructors.
🔍 Line-by-Line Vendor Audit: End "autopilot" spending on outside contractors (landscapers, food, painters, tech, etc.).

🔥 TAKE ACTION NOW 🔥

1️⃣ DEMAND AN ALTERNATIVE: Attend the BOE Meeting on March 26th. 

2️⃣ CONTACT THE BOARD: Email the BOE at boe@rvcschools.org now.

Your Message: "I oppose any cuts to staff or services until you conduct a full audit of the Central Office, review outside contracts, and thoroughly evaluate student programming alternatives like insourcing and AP transitions. 

3️⃣SHARE THE PLAN: Sign the petition. Distribute this petition to every parent and neighbor.