Jaffee gets 'endorsement' introduction from school official
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- November
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East Ramapo Schools Superintendent Mitchell Schwartz not only introduced Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee today as a great supporter of the school district, but urged students to vote for her.
Schwartz and Jaffee were among those attending a forum with about 35 Spring Valley and Ramapo high school students at the administration offices on South Madison Avenue in Spring Valley. A top New York State Attorney General’s Office lawyer told the college-bound students about the perils of tuition loans, a law recently adopted to protect them and the Students Bill of Rights.
Jaffee not only voted for the law – the Student Lending, Accountability, Transparency, and Enforcement Act of 2007 (SLATE) – but helped bring the Attorney General’s Special Assistant Benjamin Lawsky to East Ramapo.
Schwartz is leaving as superintendent. In introducing Jaffee, Schwartz gushed that she was a great supporter of the new law, understands the need for education, and was a teacher in East Ramapo for many years before becoming an Assembly member.
While all that may be true, what brought cheers from the students was hearing that Jaffee was part of the East Ramapo family.
“If you are voting age or soon to be voting, her name is one to file away and vote for,” Schwartz said.
Jaffee was all smiles when she spoke to the students about the new law, education and Lawsky.
Jaffee, a former Suffern Village Board trustee and legislator who lost a race for county executive, up for re-election next November representing Orangetown and parts of Ramapo in the New York State Assembly. She succeed Ryan Karben in the Assembly.
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on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 at 4:49 pm by Steve Lieberman.
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I happen to like Ellen Jaffee on most topics. I don't think it is part of Dr. Schwartz's job description to tell our kids who to vote for! They already receive enough liberal view from text books and some teachers! I think this is really going over the line.
I have written to Jaffee regarding our schools a few times. I have yet to get any response. Who are we kidding? She doesn't give a c*** about East Ramapo PUBLIC SCHOOLS!