Briarcliff Election - The Fact of the Matter

THE FACT OF THE MATTER is that it is without question that JON SATRAN AND SAL MAGLIETTA deserve BOTH of YOUR VOTES for school board trustee on Tuesday. BOTH JON AND SAL have demonstrated over time as BOE trustees, their unwavering commitment to EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FISCAL PRUDENCE, TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT, COMMUNITY VOICE, COLLABORATION, CIVILITY and MUCH MORE. JON AND SAL’s record speaks for itself. Their comportment during this campaign reinforces that THEY embody the QUALITIES and SKILL-SET to continue to represent US and OUR school district. Under the CURRENT BOE’s leadership, our district has restored levels of TRANSPARENCY, RESPECT, COMMUNITY VOICE, COLLABORATION and MORALE that had deteriorated substantially under the previous BOE majority. They have done this while also maintaining extreme fiscal prudence (we are the ONLY district in the County to produce a year over year budget reduction for our community to vote on) and while making decisions ONLY after having ALL of the FACTS and listening to ALL constituencies. THE FACT OF THE MATTER is that JON AND SAL deserve BOTH of YOUR votes on Tuesday. An additional FACT OF THE MATTER is that the community must VOTE YES on the BUDGET Tuesday. Our budget is fiscally prudent. It was crafted in a thoughtful, collaborative, transparent manner. It appropriately balances preservation of our K-12 educational programming. And, importantly, voting down a school budget in any community sends a message (perhaps misinterpreted) that the community no longer supports educational excellence in its school district as a core community value. That message certainly has sharp impact on fragile property values. THE FACT OF THE MATTER is that there is an election on Tuesday and JON SATRAN, SAL MAGLIETTA and THE BUDGET all deserve YOUR VOTES. Respectfully, Mike Valenti