E-PETITION SPURS DEBATE Senior To CCS Board: We Won’t Be Bullied By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bobby Walker, a CCS senior and leader of the Otsego County Young Republicans, said he was called into the principal’s office and told to “remove” e-petitions he was circulating on behalf of Laurie Pestar, the elementary school secretary who was seeking an unpaid leave while she fights cancer. Walker refused to do so, and asked Middle/High School Principal Donna Lucy who…
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School Board President Apologizes ‘Mishandled’ Communication Led To Appearance Of CCS Insensitivity Editor’s Note: CCS board President Theresa Russo issued this statement this afternoon, saying a miscommunication inadvertently created the appearance of insensivity toward 30-year elementary school secretary Laurie Pestar. The matter has now been resolved to the family’s satisfaction she said. On behalf of the Cooperstown Central School Board of Education, we apologize for what appeared to be an insensitive response to Mrs. Pestar’s situation. While it is true…
BULLETIN Offer Satisfies Family, CCS President Reports By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The CCS Board of Education has arranged an accommodation that is satisfactory to cancer-fighter Laurie Pestar and her family, board President Theresa Russo said a few moments ago. The school board had been challenged at Wednesday’s meeting by Mrs. Pestar’s son, Jeremy Denmeade, for a brief and impersonal letter the 30-year elementary school secretary had received advising her a six-month unpaid leave she had sought…
SUPPORT STRONG FOR CANCER FIGHTER 600 Sign 2 Students’ Petition Seeking Leave For Mrs. Pestar COOPERSTOWN – Two CCS students report they have created an online petition urging the school board to grant a six-month unpaid leave of absence to Laurie Pestar, the 30-year elementary school secretary who is fighting cancer. Senior Bobby Walker said he and a friend, McGuire Benton, collected 655 signatures today alone, and plan to deliver the petition at the next school board meeting, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.…