Announcement from Assemblywoman Addie Russell on her Albany meetings this Wednesday

Watertown, NY.  On Wednesday, November30^th, Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell will be in Albany to attend several meetings, including a meeting with a handful of St. Lawrence and Jefferson County School Superintendents and Assembly budget staff to discuss school aid cuts and their impact on North Country Schools.  Assemblywoman Russell has met with several school superintendents about the impact of the cuts and is taking the lead early in the budget process to demonstrate the need for change in the school aid funding formulas.  She will also be meeting with the Alliance for Quality Education to discuss their recent assessment of the school aid distribution and advocates for small city school districts. 

“If we all speak with a unified voice on this issue, we can change the regressive impact of the severe cuts our local schools are struggling to address.  Failure to insist that our schools are treated fairly puts our communities in vulnerable positions,” Assemblywoman Russell said.