State GOP Delegation To Hold Rally For School Aid

Members of Long Island’s Assembly Republican Delegation will hold a rally with parents and teachers at Walt Whitman High School, along with the heads of Nassau and Suffolk’s School Superintendent’s and School Board’s Associations, to demand that Governor Cuomo give Long Island students their fare share of school aid.  The delegation has launched an on-line petition and a You Tube video urging residents to let the Governor know that Long Island students and their families will no longer tolerate a disproportionate share of education funds. Members attending the rally include:

Assemblyman Andrew Raia (R,C,I-East Northport)
Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R,C,I,WF-Huntington Station)
Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick (R,C,I-Smithtown)
Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I-Holbrook)
Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino (R,C,I-Sayville)
Assemblyman Joseph Saladino (R,C,I Massapequa)
Assemblyman Michael Montesano (R,C,I Glen Head)
Assemblyman Edward Ra (R,C,I-Franklin Square)
Assemblyman Daniel Losquadro (R,C,I-Shoreham)
Assemblyman Brian Curran (R,C,I-Lynbrook)

James McKenna, President, Suffolk School Superintendents Association

James March, President, Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association

Gary Bixhorn, Chief Operating Officer, Eastern Suffolk BOCES

James Polansky, Superintendent, Huntington School District

James Nolan, Superintendent, Sachem Central School District

Al Groveman, Superintendent, Connetquot School District

David Bennardo, Superintendent, South Huntington School District

PTA Presidents, Board Members, South Huntington School District

Concerned Parents and School Board Members from several LI Schools

The rally will be held at Walt Whitman High School (front entrance), 301 West Hills Road, Huntington Station, NY Monday, February 25, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.