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Apologies
We extend our apologies to those who have found that some of our flyers have not remained on their targeted driveways. There have been a few complaints misdirected to the GRO candidates who were not responsible for this effort. Unlike … Continue reading
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Vote GRO Tuesday, April 7
Tuesday, April 7, voters in Batavia Public School District 101 will have the chance to elect 3 new members of a 7 member Board of Education. While 3 is not a majority, much can be gained from having board members … Continue reading
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Batavia to Join Aurora STEM School?
Update: On February 24, the Aurora STEM school partnership was approved 4-2, with Hodge and Gaspar voting against it. The Batavia school board is considering becoming a partner in the Aurora STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) school. 50 students in … Continue reading
No End in Sight for School Tax Levy Increases
Saturday, 2/7/15, there was a budget workshop for the Batavia School Board. Assistant Superintendent of Finance Dr. Kris Monn laid out budget projections through Fiscal Year 2018. Click here for the documents presented at the meeting. (You won’t find them … Continue reading
Aldermen Serving the People
The outcome of the Houston St. Streetscape project has been encouraging. The aldermen rejected the latest proposal by Altamanu (the designers of River St., including the arch) in favor of the design that they had approved in October, with the … Continue reading
Houston St. Streetscape Stirs Controversy
A Daily Herald article (1/20/15) begins, “What was supposed to be a discussion of a design for a path along Batavia’s Houston Street near Depot Pond on Tuesday turned into a quarrel over whether a design firm was trying to … Continue reading
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What BRG is Not
There seem to be some who have come to regard Batavians for Responsible Government as “that group that opposes taxes”. We at BRG would like to set the record straight. Our group is not “Batavians Against Taxes”, but “Batavians for … Continue reading
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School Board Didn’t Get Message, Taxes to be Increased
The Batavia School Board didn’t understand the message behind the overwhelming NO vote on the referendum. On Thursday, Nov. 13, the Finance Committee passed to the full board, for discussion and approval, a levy that increases taxes to the maximum … Continue reading
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School District Referendum Fails
The Batavia School District’s $15 million referendum lost by a wide margin, with 73.5% of voters voting “No”, according to the unofficial tally cited by the Chicago Tribune, Nov. 5, 2014. That amounts to 8,551 residents of the district rejecting … Continue reading
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A Scary Story for Halloween
From a series received via email: I am still in the Halloween spirit so I am going to tell you a scary story about a town called Oswego. In 2006, Oswego was one of the fastest growing school districts in … Continue reading
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