Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Monroe Woodbury might shut schools when grand rebbe dies
Monroe-Woodbury schools might close after the Satmar grand rebbe dies because of the traffic expected when tens of thousands of mourners pour into Kiryas Joel to attend his funeral, district officials confirmed yesterday.
Concerned that buses will get stuck in traffic and students will be stranded at school, the district will either cancel classes or dismiss them early if police advise them to, school board President Claire Perez said.
"We certainly don't want to be in a position where we start the day and then can't get the kids out of there," she said.
Nininger Road, a main route to the high school and middle school, also leads to Kiryas Joel. A crush of vehicles headed to the Hasidic village would likely jam that road and other thoroughfares, including Route 17.
Perez dismissed rumors that the schools were closing to free their parking lots for visitors.
The only reason to close would be to avoid the gridlock, she said. The police could later commandeer the school lots for visitor parking if they deem the event an emergency, but that would be out of the district's hands, Perez said.
If classes are canceled for the whole day, Perez said, parents could find out through word-of-mouth, the district's Web site, a recording on its phone system, the radio and another Web site called cancellations.com.
In the case of early dismissal, some elementary schools would also notify parents through a phone chain, Perez said.
The Satmar grand rebbe, Moses Teitelbaum, is 91 years old and lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where his Hasidic sect is based. Descriptions of his health vary within the divided movement, but he has been hospitalized at least twice recently, once for a minor stroke.
False rumors that Teitelbaum had died and that the Monroe-Woodbury schools were closing surfaced Thursday.
State police, who are closely monitoring his condition and preparing for a traffic influx of near Woodstock proportions, think witnesses might have misinterpreted Mayor Michael Bloomberg's visit to Williamsburg for Sukkot holiday observances.
The notion that a religious ceremony would disrupt Monroe-Woodbury schools upsets state Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun, who asked the state police yesterday why the visitor traffic can't be halted instead to let school buses go through.
"It just doesn't seem right that a community is impacted for a religious purpose that could stop the education of children for a day," said Calhoun, a Blooming Grove Republican.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/10/26/rebbe26.htm
Monroe-Woodbury schools might close after the Satmar grand rebbe dies because of the traffic expected when tens of thousands of mourners pour into Kiryas Joel to attend his funeral, district officials confirmed yesterday.
Concerned that buses will get stuck in traffic and students will be stranded at school, the district will either cancel classes or dismiss them early if police advise them to, school board President Claire Perez said.
"We certainly don't want to be in a position where we start the day and then can't get the kids out of there," she said.
Nininger Road, a main route to the high school and middle school, also leads to Kiryas Joel. A crush of vehicles headed to the Hasidic village would likely jam that road and other thoroughfares, including Route 17.
Perez dismissed rumors that the schools were closing to free their parking lots for visitors.
The only reason to close would be to avoid the gridlock, she said. The police could later commandeer the school lots for visitor parking if they deem the event an emergency, but that would be out of the district's hands, Perez said.
If classes are canceled for the whole day, Perez said, parents could find out through word-of-mouth, the district's Web site, a recording on its phone system, the radio and another Web site called cancellations.com.
In the case of early dismissal, some elementary schools would also notify parents through a phone chain, Perez said.
The Satmar grand rebbe, Moses Teitelbaum, is 91 years old and lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where his Hasidic sect is based. Descriptions of his health vary within the divided movement, but he has been hospitalized at least twice recently, once for a minor stroke.
False rumors that Teitelbaum had died and that the Monroe-Woodbury schools were closing surfaced Thursday.
State police, who are closely monitoring his condition and preparing for a traffic influx of near Woodstock proportions, think witnesses might have misinterpreted Mayor Michael Bloomberg's visit to Williamsburg for Sukkot holiday observances.
The notion that a religious ceremony would disrupt Monroe-Woodbury schools upsets state Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun, who asked the state police yesterday why the visitor traffic can't be halted instead to let school buses go through.
"It just doesn't seem right that a community is impacted for a religious purpose that could stop the education of children for a day," said Calhoun, a Blooming Grove Republican.
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/10/26/rebbe26.htm
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It just doesn't seem right that a community is impacted for a religious purpose that could stop the education of children for a day," said Calhoun, a Blooming Grove Republican.
AHH BUT FOR YOSHKE THEY CLOSE FOR A WHOLE WEEK. FILE A DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST THE TOWN.
AHH BUT FOR YOSHKE THEY CLOSE FOR A WHOLE WEEK. FILE A DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST THE TOWN.
the ARONIM want to make it seem in upstate by the polotitions that the rebbe is going to die any moment
stay tuned
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