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December 2, 2014

To Our Fellow Community Members,

Recently, there have been negative comments made in the local media and at Board of Education meetingsabout Dr. [ere Hochman, Superintendent of the Bedford Central School District. We wish to express oursupport and respect for Dr. Hochman, and to thank him for his work in this district over these seven years,including:

• Presenting six consecutive fiscallyresponsible budgets with a tax levybelow 2% -long beforeAlbanyestablishedthe 2% tax cap in 2011- in contrast to the previous decade where we saw increases in the range of 5% to 9%;

• Under his leadership, the 2013-16 teachers contract is breaking new ground by effectivelyeliminating "stepand scale" and replacing it with a structure for increases that keeps salary growth under the tax cap;

• Seeking feedback by establishing numerous resident Advisory Committees and making anunprecedented effort to engage the community through comprehensive public outreach efforts,giving residents multiple opportunities to voice their opinions on district priorities;

• More than a third of the Class of2014 graduated with Honors, including 5 National MeritScholarship Commended Students and 2 National Merit Scholarship winners;

• During his timehere,participationin AP classeshas increased,with two-thirds ofthe Classof2014 takingAI> classes,a largenumber takingmultipleAP coursesand one-third named AP Scholarsand AP Scholarswith Distinction. TheCollegeBoard has listed FoxLane High School as one of 477 schools nationally on its AP District Honor Roll.

There are many challenges facing the district, but there is also much to commend. We look forward to Dr.Hochman leading us for many years as a visionary educator and an involved community leader. We areprivileged to have him as our Superintendent with the vision "Every single student, every single day:'

Signed,Rocio Alay[olikha AliKaren AllisonElyse Arnow BrillJoshua ArnowMaria AveigaJohn BaillyMary BaillyWhitney BarberaBill BarrettIenn BennisJon BennisJay BergerMel BergerDiana BingerA1isonBoakTara BongiornoCarola Otero Bracco, Executive Director,

Neighbors LinkMark BrauningRebecca BrauningSanjay BrooksDavid Buchwald, New York State AssemblymanChristopher Burdick, Supervisor,

Town of BedfordChristine L. CarmichaelRichard S. CarmichaelMaryAnn CarrSorvina CarrNatasha CohenGary CohnVivian CohnRebecca CohnLila CummingsPoppy CummingsRobert CummingsBarbara CutriMarianne DelaneyMolly DelaneyPaula DesperitoChristina DochtermannAndrea EigelTed EigelMichelle FassDaniel FeintuckHeather FeldmanRich FeldmanAmy FergusonKerry Flynn BarrettElizabeth Mary FreiDavid Gabrielson, Bedford Town BoardMargaret GaffneyDaniel GagliardiJennifer Gagliardi

David GrantDylan GrantDavid GriffKurt GrossberndtBarbara GrossmanKathy GrummonRegina HaddadMarion HalbergPeter B. Harckham, Westchester County

LegislatorChristopher HaydenBarbara IngraldiEllen IvensBarbara JacksonKenneth T. JacksonAlthea JohnsonEllen V. KearnsEileen KensingHenry V. KensingAlex KozerskyLara KozerskyHarry KrenskyLinda KrenskySue LaCollaBill LangCarolyo LangDebra LangRaimundo LangloisGeorge Latimer, New York State SenatorKristy LavinskyAmy LernerLaurie LichtensteinKim ManocherianAdrienne Marcus, Executive Director,

Lexington Center for RecoveryMichael MarkhoffNancy MarkhoffMarvin MarkowitzRoberta MarkowitzDonna MarinoJohn MarinoBeverliz MartinezSarah MatthewsStephanie MendezEric MeyersJenMeyersDawn Meyerski, Executive Director,

Mount Kisco Child Care CenterJoe MokeyPrisca MokeyAlyseMooreDan MooreJennifer MorelloMaurizio Morello

Nellie MyrieKristen OdenRobOdenAmyOringelGinnaOrtizMartha PalominoRafael PalominoCarol PantelDaniel PaschkesGina PicinichAnn PriceFred PriceAlan RaboyJessica RappaportEmily RauchBeaRhodesMary Ann RobinsonBeth RomskiGerard RomskiPatty RosatiHelene Rosenhouse-RomeoJennifer SaineElida SanabriaGustavo SanabriaJoel Seligman, President & CEO, Northern

Westchester HospitalJoyce SeligmanAmalShadyMarilyo ShapiroClare SherwoodJenny ShevickScott ShevickBrian Skanes, Executive Director, Boys & Girls

Club of Northern WestchesterJean SkanesWaeil SolimanRandi SperberLiz SteinAlexander SteinJulie SternDebbie SticklerSteve SticklerDan StollerJeremy SussmanRebecca SussmanDolores Vidal RoyMeredith WallaceLiz WalshArthur Weise

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