More Unethical Practices

Consistent with their unethical fiscal practices, the Valhalla School District has shown their partisanship in the area of information dissemination. Here are some examples:

1. The Valhalla School District, which is run totally by Superintendent Tom Kelly, refuses to make Board of Education meetings available for viewing on cable access. Even though the ability to broadcast is available by cablevision and requests to do so have been made at several board meetings, Tom Kelly still says no. This, of course, is to keep any resident who does not have children attending Valhalla schools in the dark.

2. The residents who do have children attending Valhalla schools are spoon fed only the information that would encourage parents to support Valhalla's upcoming budget. We may then refer to this as propaganda. Only improvements in student performance are stated in this propaganda and anything that reflects poorly on student performance is left out. The district has a new four page mailing called "Voyages" which displays the same kind of selective dissemination of information and it is at the taxpayers expense.

3. Last year, the Valhalla school District has been provided with a service by Verizon that enables them to call all parents simultaneously with a recorded message. This would be useful on snow days or if there is an emergency, but curiously it has not been used in that capacity. Instead the Valhalla School District used this service to remind parents to vote on the three consecutive days prior to the vote. Remember, only parents of children attending Valhalla schools were reminded to vote and no one else!