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May
19
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
The Town of Lansing is a step closer to realizing its plan to transform Salt Point, restoring its natural features and making it a place where people can enjoy nature. At Wednesday's Town Board meeting the Salt Point Management Plan was unanimously approved, paving the way for landscaping and construction to begin. The Town's Environmental Planner Darby Kiley presented the plan. "Our agreement with DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) allows us to have low-impact, non-motorized uses," she explained.
The plan it to construct two roads, the first a gated entry that leads to a parking area, and the second a loop road along the Northern side of the area. Educational kiosks will be erected, and places to launch non-motorized boats. Existing roads will be revegetated, and walking paths will be established. All motorized traffic will be restricted to the two roads.
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May
17
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 |
Lansing taxpayers said no with 53.45% of those who voted weighing in against the proposed $21,553,679 2006-2007 budget. The vote was 310 for and 356 against. Of the three propositions only one passed 387 to 272, authorizing the Board of Education (BOE) to borrow up to $245,000 to purchase three (2) 66-passenger school buses, one (1) 22-passenger bus and two (2) 6-passenger vans, at a cost not to exceed $245,000. A third resolution authorizing the Board to purchase fitness equipment for school purposes at a cost not to exceed $130,000 was defeated 398 to 248.
 The polls were open from noon to 9:00pm with election inspectors (l - r ) Nancy Milligan, Margaret Solomon, Betty LaBar and (not pictured) Barbara Abraham manning the polling place at Lansing Middle School Tuesday (5/16). |
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May
12
2006
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Mark S. Lewis
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Friday, 12 May 2006 |
 Over the past year, three separate individuals occupied the Lansing Central School superintendent’s office. During the current school year, Ms. Tiffany Phillips served as interim superintendent until my appointment and subsequent arrival on January 4, 2006. Besides engaging in the activities associated with orienting oneself to a new district and a new community, I immersed myself in two essential initiatives that were underway prior to my arrival: the development of the 2006-07 school budget and the planning of a capital project initiative. In addition, a new initiative, long range planning, commenced within my first eight weeks in office.
On Thursday, May 4th Mark Lewis made his first annual report to the Board of Education in a public meeting. The report covers his activities since January, when he joined the School District as Superintendent. This is a full transcript of that report.
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May
12
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 12 May 2006 |
Schools Get Passing Grades, But Scores Are Down
 School Superintendent Mark Lewis presented Lansing's report card to the Board of Education (BOE) in its regular meeting last Monday. Last year Lansing spent $8,011 on each general education student, up from $7,865 last year. That is more than similar schools that spent $7,453 per student last year and $7,111 the previous year. However, Lansing spends less per special education student than similar schools. Last year similar schools spent $18,226 to Lansing's $14,224.
What are we getting for this money? In a nutshell Lansing performs well as a whole, but there are some red flags. First the good news: Lansing has the highest percentage of students graduating in Tompkins County. Last year an impressive 92.8% of students graduated. That is up from the previous year, when 91.8% graduated. In addition, 92% of last year's graduating class passed the Regents exams with a score of 65 or above in English/Language Arts (ELA). 65% got 85 or above. These numbers are up from the previous year.
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May
12
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 12 May 2006 |
The Lansing sewer route began to take shape as Stearns & Wheler, LLC engineer Jim Blum presented a map and pictures to Sewer Committee members in a Wednesday (05/10) meeting. Blum and Town Engineer Dave Herrick drove and walked the route along Cayuga Heights Road to Cedar Lane and south to the Cayuga Heights treatment plant, taking pictures and making notes along the way. Pictures were inset on the map to show how the sewer would traverse culverts and what a pump station located near Cayuga Heights Road and Esty Road would look like.
 Engineer Jim Blum presents an updated sewer route map.
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