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Jericho Board

They Were Told. They Did It Bigger.

Apr 25, 2026

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14 min read

Jericho Board

We're the Suckers: What Nine Years of Proposition #3 Proves About Jericho

Apr 25, 2026

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13 min read

Jericho Budget

The Last Article: What Proposition #3 Reveals About Jericho

Mar 27, 2026

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9 min read

Jericho Budget

There's Another Way to Pay for Capital Projects

Mar 20, 2026

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10 min read

Jericho Budget

Budget Workshop #4: Three Propositions Voters Need to Understand

Mar 19, 2026

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6 min read

Jericho Budget

Budget Workshop #4 Analysis: Revenue, Expenditures, and Capital Propositions

Mar 18, 2026

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15 min read

Jericho Budget

Budget Workshop #3: Enrollment Down, Spending Up

Mar 3, 2026

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5 min read

Jericho Budget

The Budget That Never Goes Down

Mar 1, 2026

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9 min read

Jericho Budget

Budget Workshop #2 Follow-Up Questions

Feb 12, 2026

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21 min read

Jericho Budget

22 Years, $247 Million in Surplus: Jericho Has Never Budgeted Accurately

Feb 12, 2026

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5 min read

Jericho Budget

Budget Workshop #2: What to Watch for Tonight

Feb 12, 2026

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12 min read

Jericho Budget

The $143 Million Question: A Decade of Structural Budget Surplus in the Jericho School District

Feb 11, 2026

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17 min read

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Jericho School District

They Were Told. They Did It Bigger.

In December 2016, the State Comptroller cited Jericho for circumventing the 4% statutory fund balance limit. The District agreed in writing. The very next year, manufactured surplus hit $17.9 million — the highest in 22 years. The per-pupil number on the District's slide doesn't account for any of it.

Jericho School District

We're the Suckers: What Nine Years of Proposition #3 Proves About Jericho

A final word on the Capital Reserve con, and the board — every board, including this one — that keeps running it.

Jericho School District

Portrait of a Graduate: What the December 11 Presentation Clarified and What It Quietly Confirmed

What the District Said, What the Presentation Revealed, and Why Board Oversight Is Required Before Any Next Steps

Jericho School District

The New York State Portrait of a Graduate: Why Local Oversight in Jericho Matters

Portrait of a Graduate: What It Is, How We Got Here, and Why Local Oversight in Jericho Matters

Jericho School District

Jericho Board

Jericho Board

They Were Told. They Did It Bigger.

Jericho Board

We're the Suckers: What Nine Years of Proposition #3 Proves About Jericho

Jericho Board

A Question of Timing, Authority, and Direction

Jericho Board

A Hundred Thousand Dollars for a Broken Website: Why Jericho Must Redesign Again — and Why This Fix Matters

Jericho PTA

Jericho PTA

How Is the PTA Selling Jericho Merchandise, and Why Is It Nearly One-Fifth of Their Annual Revenue?

Jericho PTA

The PTA Illusion: How a $35,000 Organization Quietly Became One of the Most Powerful Bodies in a $140 Million School District

Jericho PTA

The PTA Machine: How Jericho’s Parent Network Became a Political and Institutional Power Bloc

Jericho PTA

Selective Outrage in Jericho: Why Gina Levy and the PTA Silence on Lighthouse Jericho Exposes the Real Agenda

They Were Told. They Did It Bigger.

Apr 25, 2026

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14 min read

We're the Suckers: What Nine Years of Proposition #3 Proves About Jericho

A final word on the Capital Reserve con, and the board — every board, including this one — that keeps running it.

Apr 25, 2026

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13 min read

The Last Article: What Proposition #3 Reveals About Jericho

Proposition #3 authorizes continuing the pattern. The March 26 board vote proved accountability is impossible.

Mar 27, 2026

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9 min read

There's Another Way to Pay for Capital Projects

Bond financing spreads costs fairly. The district has the financial capacity. The question is who should pay.

Mar 20, 2026

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10 min read

Budget Workshop #4: Three Propositions Voters Need to Understand

Before you vote to create a $20 million reserve funded by "surplus," understand where that surplus comes from

Mar 19, 2026

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6 min read

Budget Workshop #4 Analysis: Revenue, Expenditures, and Capital Propositions

Spending Up 2.83%, Enrollment Down 7.3%, and Two Capital Propositions Totaling $24.7M

Mar 18, 2026

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15 min read