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10
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 10 March 2006 |
"It was an epiphany! It was an epiphany!"
Lansing School Superintendent is talking about the decision made this week to move the 5th Grade into the Elementary School starting next school year. Lewis sent a letter to parents yesterday explaining the reasons behind the move. "The decision to implement this change is rooted in research supporting the contention that fifth grade students are more characteristically aligned with their fourth grade counterparts than they are with grades six through eight students who are experiencing some of the most rapid intellectual, emotional, social and physical changes in their lives."
 In the original plan the District office would be located in the South end of the Elementary School (right), with a separate entrance, taking four rooms, two and two across the hall from each other. |
The move also solves the logistical dilemma of relocating the District office. Originally slated to go into the Elementary School, it will now take over the space vacated by the fifth grade in the Middle School. Lewis says in his letter, "I emphasize that the benefit for students serves as the primary basis for this change."
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Mar
07
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Tuesday, 07 March 2006 |
The Village of Lansing Trustees voted to set the election time and place and compensation for election officials in their regular meeting Monday night. Trustees Frank Moore and John O'Neill will be running for their third and second terms, respectively. At this point both are running uncontested, though other candidates could emerge before the March 24th filing deadline. The election will be held at the Oakcrest Road firehouse on April 25th from noon to 9pm. Election official compensation was set at $65 for the day.
Trustee Lynn Leopold expressed concern that the new voting machines mandated by the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 will not be ready, or worse will be available too late for adequate election official training. Tompkins County Republican Election Official Elizabeth W. Cree agrees. "The Board Of Elections has been preparing all types of plans as far as voter education," she says. "We wanted a good six months before we actually used the machines."
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Mar
03
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 03 March 2006 |
School Superintendent Mark Lewis outlined how the Lansing Board of Education (BOE) can reincarnate the Capital Project in their regular meeting Monday night. After conferring with the design team he worked out a plan that could bring the project to a vote in December of this year. Representatives of the design team were present to answer questions and get a sense of how the BOE wants the project to proceed.
"It was a very enlightening process that the school and community went through in January and February," Lewis told the Board. "As a result of that we've learned a lot about what the community's expectations are of the school regarding participation in projects of such magnitude." He said that the new plan is a manifestation of what they learned from community members who participated in the Ad Hoc Facilities group before the BOE withdrew their original proposal last month.
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Mar
03
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 03 March 2006 |
While continuing distrust between the Town and Village of Lansing was palpable, the sewer committee moved forward with their plan to bring a trunk line along Cayuga Heights Road from the Town to the Cayuga Heights treatment plant. Town Engineer Dave Herrick presented an amended schedule that sets key dates for the project.
The door is not closed on the Village's stated preference that the trunk line be built along East Shore Drive (Route 34), but as time passes it will become more difficult to switch. "At this point we're going down Cayuga Heights Road," said Sewer Committee Chairman Bud Shattuck. "If something dramatic changes to make 34 affordable some of the engineering can be changed to that route."
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Mar
02
2006
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Tony Nekut
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Thursday, 02 March 2006 |
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I am writing to raise public awareness on some issues involving the Town of Lansing sewer project. It appears that the current plan to process wastewater from the Town of Lansing at the Village of Cayuga Heights facility is far more costly than an alternative plan to build a small local plant on the Lake. The engineering firm, T. G. Miller, estimated (1998) the cost difference to be $6 million. It arises from the need for large, long distance transmission piping and associated pumping facilities to bring sewage from Lansing to Cayuga Heights. No one would support a plan that would negatively impact water quality in Cayuga Lake, however, I cannot think of any rational reason to proceed with the current plan. The regional and local plant options both call for the release of treated wastewater into Cayuga Lake. A new, local plant could purify effluent to the same quality level as achieved at the Cayuga Heights plant and would, by discharging to a deeper part of the Lake, be environmentally preferable.
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