A publication of the Mastics-Shirley Citizens Coalition for Honesty and Integrity in our Schools.
WE'RE BACK, UNFORTUNATELY!
want to know why?
STOP THE CORRUPTION: Email the New York State Education Department for Fraud at: OAS@mail.nysed.gov
NEW! NEW! ***Rich Hawkins' PERKS-O-PLENTY web news***
TEST YOUR SCHOOL CORRUPTION KNOWLEDGE! WFSD Supt "smiling" Rich Hawkins has done which of the following?
a) given himself raises b) writen his own contracts c) reimbursed himself for charitable contributions, a gas card, and for doctoral studies d) all of the above-without board approval!
answer: d - all of the above! aren't you glad they got their 4% raises after all!
DONT FORGET TO GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO DENNIS FIDOTTA AND MICHAEL SCHILDKRAUT OUR NEW MEMBERS ON THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS-CONVICT INDICTMENT LIST! NEW! NEW! NEW!: On June 29, 2006, Superintendent and administrators give themselves 4% raises after budget re-vote passes! SEE WHY THEY DESERVE IT! Link on school report card below! SUPERINTENDENT HAWKINS SCHOOL REPORT CARD! LINK HERE TO READ SECRET SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MINUTES
-from Newsday article "Facing new charges" by Karla Schuster, June 10th, 2006 On June 9, 2006, DENNIS FIDOTTA was back in court facing new charges that he improperly spent more than $500,000.00 in federal grant money. Fidotta, Assistant Superintendent for Business, told federal Department of Education auditors in December 2004: "I have no clue about accounting procedures," the indictment said! "It's clear ... that there's something terribly wrong in this district," Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said yesterday, blasting schools chief Richard Hawkins. HEY RICH! WHO'S GOING TO GET CAUGHT NEXT? Ex-William Floyd School Officials Plead Guilty! + + Supt. Rich Hawkins + Rich Wright - Convicted + Daniel Ciffonelli - Convicted = white collar swindler! Read All About it in Newsday! link here for inane quotes and excuses from Rich Hawkins! here to read about SCHOOL BOARD CORRUPTION!
District gone 'wrong'?
DA: 'Just not acceptable' "It's clear ... that there's something terribly wrong in this district," Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said yesterday, blasting schools chief Richard Hawkins. "The superintendent is the person who has to answer to the community for this. He's the leader. I don't know how in God's name the superintendent of schools can continue to say ... that all these crimes occurred and he and every other administrator in that place were blind to it and couldn't have prevented it. That's just not acceptable. " DA: School district kept quiet
BY SANDRA PEDDIE
Although William Floyd school officials have insisted they haven't hidden any financial irregularities, records show they discovered last year that treasurer James Wright improperly wrote $15,000 in checks to himself, let him pay it back quietly and never reported it to authorities. School Board Members Ties to school questioned
BY SANDRA PEDDIE AND EDEN LAIKIN
Former William Floyd treasurer wrote checks to self, DA says
By J. Jioni Palmer And Sandra Peddie
The Mastics-Shirley Citizens Coalition for Honesty and Integrity in our Schools
About:
The Mastics-Shirley Citizens Coalition for Honesty and Integrity in our Schools was formed
behavior by William Floyd School District Officials and Board of Education Members. Office for all their hard work, as well as Newsday for their coverage of the William Floyd School
District corruption. District management. We believe at the very least, School Superintendent Richard Hawkins should apologize to our community and take full responsibility instead of making excuses for the illegal activity of school officials, two of which have already plead guilty. Furthermore, Mr. Hawkins has condoned contracts to School Board members companies, which is highly unethical if not illegal. This is a quote from Superintendent Hawkins in a recent Newsday article: "It's just perceptual. What we've done is we have disclosed it and abstained from voting. There's nothing wrong with that." Indeed Mr. Hawkins, their is something very wrong in supporting such reprehensible and unethical behavior.
Furthermore, Superintendent Hawkins continues to employ a Mr. Dennis Fidotta, recently indicted for filing a false instrument and official misconduct. While this organization believes in the rule of law that states a person is "innocent until proven guilty", we do think that Mr. Fidotta should at a minimum be suspended from his position until the outcome of his trial. Athletic Director Mark Mensch, a former board member, should also be required to resign from his position because our school district should not practice NEPOTISM in finding and hiring qualified applicants, especially those candidates who own companies that have contracts with our schools. Unfortunately, Superintendent Hawkins would have us believe that this is all
quote "just perceptual". he has chosen to ignore The New York State General Municipal Law on Conflicts of Interest. That law prohibits school board members or employees from working for a company that has a contract with their school district. As for those School Board members employed by companies that have received contracts from the district, we believe that they should be required to resign their posts effective immediately. In order to achieve these objectives, this organization will promote the website http://wfsdscandal.50webs.com as well as voice our objections through other media formats.
Finally, our organization would like to state that our concerns regarding school district mismanagement and corruption should not be misunderstood as a lack of support for the vast majority of teachers and school staff that continue to be the
exemplary role models our children need and respect, as well as provide the quality education they deserve. children who are currently enrolled within the school system.
email: MSCCHIS@yahoo.com Last updated: July 7th, 2006
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