To: MaryEllen Elia, NYS Education Commissioner

Commissioner Elia: Fiscal Oversight Authority Needed in The Hempstead School District

Establish an Independent Fiscal Oversight Authority to provide oversight and monitoring of the District's Budget and Fiscal Operations.

Why is this important?

As a taxpayer of Hempstead, I am tired of paying high school taxes for a failing school district. The Hempstead School District has been failing its students for decades...a 37% graduation is malfeasance. This is due to fiscal mismanagement, and lack of accountability. Let's stop this cycle of failure. Our children deserve better!