Steven Achramovitch fired an honorable school employee for being an whistleblower.

Concerned Hamburger discovered an interesting case involving a former "honorable employee" of the Greece Central School District, and his termination under Slick Steve Achramovitch.

Honorable employee expressed concerns regarding strange irregularities in the information technology department in Greece schools, where Steven Achramovitch was superintendent.

Steven Achramovitch fired honorable employee for bringing to light many unethical issues in Greece, where Steve was superintendent,  related to information technology.   Honorable employee expressed concerns regarding the Greece School District unlawfully recording incoming telephone calls, failure to report compromised confidential information, grade fraud (sound familiar, Hamburg?), and misreporting of finances on a capital project.  Honorable employee cooperated with the NYS Comptrollers Office in an audit of Greece Schools.  For doing his job, and raising serious issues, Mr. Achramovitch fired honorable employee. 

Link to story:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/assets/pdf/A2118500923.PDF

In a bizarre twist to this story, honorable employee discovered a computer server in storage, and immediately notified the NYS Comptrollers Office, because the server stored emails from district employees on a questionable capital project.  Two days after honorable employee revealed the existence of the server to the NYS Comptrollers Office, Steve Achramovitch wrote a letter recommending that honorable employee be terminated by an action of the Greece Board of Education.  The terminated employee had exemplary evaluations, but this did not seem to matter.  Honorable employee was fired for blowing the whistle on Slick Steve and the information technology department.  Steve's reply upon being served papers from honorable employee, "we will defend ourselves vigorously in this matter".  Sound familiar Hamburg?

So readers, as you can see, when Dr. Calkins uttered in December 2010, that she and Donald Ogilve hired Steve Achramovitch because of his "legal expertise" she actually meant to say, "legal experience".    Honorable employee hired an attorney and sued Greece Schools.  Steve hired Harris Beach to defend Greece in the matter that was only recently resolved. The lawsuit cost Greece Schools hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Steve and Harris Beach enjoy a cozy relationship, and you are paying for it Hamburg.   Steve has continued the same abuses in Hamburg, and it is time for Steve to be shown the door.

Here is what SCATS has to say....

From Greece to Hamburg- a leaky Achramovitch

In 2008, shortly after Mr. Achramovitch arrived in Greece Schools to serve as superintendent,  a meeting with the district's auditors was secretly recorded and leaked to the press.  The secret recording was cause for a scandal in Greece.   Concerned has learned that the number one suspect on the "leaker list" was none other than Greece Superintendent Steven Achramovitch.  Concerned Hamburger wrote on the Greece scandal on August 25, 2012 in a post called- A Bakers Dozen of Possible Suspects.

Steve was a possible recorder of a private meeting in Greece when he first arrived at the school district.  Strangely, the circumstances surrounding the Greece recording and leaks  are not terribly different than those that have been reported to have happened in Hamburg. 

In September 2010, Mr. Achramovitch started as interim Superintendent of Hamburg Schools.  Achramovitch was brought to Hamburg by Donald Ogilve.  Despite a spotted records in Kenmore and Greece,  Mr. Ogilve felt it was a good idea to recommend his buddy Steve for the job in Hamburg.  Mr. Ogilve, you ought to hang your head in disgust and shame. 

On September 21, 2010 just three weeks after Mr. Achramovitch arrived in Hamburg, the Hamburg Board of Education, Mr. Achramovitch, Mr. Thomas Bagley, Mrs. Mary Ellen Monafo and many others met in a secret location to hear a budget report by Lumsden & McCormick- the district's outside auditors.  The auditors report meeting and the illegally convened  executive session which followed was leaked to many members of the Hamburg community.  

Below in italics is an article that was reported in a Rochester area newspaper regarding leaking of information in Greece in what became known as the bakers dozen scandal.  

How coincidental that once Achramovitch arrived in Greece information was leaked from private meetings, and only three weeks after he arrived in Hamburg a very similar thing happened. 

However, in the Hamburg incident, Achramovitch  has spent over $500,000 on a witch hunt. The targets of the Hamburg taper caper are three innocent women who have done nothing but openly criticize the Board of Education.  The victims of this farce are the children of Hamburg, the taxpayers and the defendants in the frivolous lawsuit launched by those claiming to be servants and stewards of Hamburg Central Schools. 


Here is the article:

A week before a scathing draft audit was leaked to the press, the Greece Board of Education gathered for a retreat to work with a mediation specialist. But progress made that day, some say, has been scrubbed out by the audit’s leak.

Since the document’s release, some school board members have blasted whoever leaked it and have been squabbling over what the district should do next.  Some say they’re worried about district confidentiality, community trust and even trust among board members.  “This is really just raising so many more bigger concerns,” said Vice President Julia VanOrman.

The draft audit was released to the media before the district or the state. Comptroller’s Office had planned.  Usually, the office shares its preliminary findings with the board and district, then the district responds to the office, challenging or agreeing with the findings, before the report is made public.Greece, board members have argued, never had a chance to do that.  School officials have been told by the state not to say much, so the draft audit’s findings — that the district mismanaged money during former leader Steve Walts’ tenure — has been mostly what the community has heard. And, some fear, it might stick.

“Now, no matter what the final report says, people will remember what they first heard,” member Frank Oberg said during the board’s Feb. 12 meeting. Whoever leaked the report, Oberg said, “violated the trust of this entire board.”

No one has said who the source is. The draft audit was received by board members the end of January.  Only 13 people, besides the Comptroller’s Office, reportedly had a copy:  Superintendent Steven Achramovitch; clerk Lynne Armstrong; board members Roger Boily, VanOrman, Carolyn Hauer, Charlie Hubbard, Joe Moscato, Oberg, Gale O’Toole, Pat Tydings and Jeff Smith; deputy superintendent Don Nadolinksi and school business administrator Lou Alaimo.   

VanOrman said some members of Achramovitch’s staff got a similar draft copy, but what was leaked to the media was the same as what was given to the 13 central office staff and board members.

“I’m really concerned that (the leak) subverted the process that the state put in place,” she said.And, on top of that, VanOrman said she’s worried that the leak makes the district look less trustworthy. Can the community and employees trust the board and staff not to release confidential information, like personnel matters?

“We talk about having the community trust us? Well, whoever did this is one of us,” she said. “It’s not the community. It’s our actions causing the community not to trust us.”


The leak has seemed to only compound the board’s struggle to get along better.  At last week’s meeting, the first regular one since the audit was released, tempers flared.   Board members pointed fingers at each other, saying everyone doesn’t follow the same rules when it comes to making motions and putting items on the agenda.

Joe Moscato criticized one of the motions, to authorize Achramovitch to talk to the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office about the audit. A statement released by the district Feb. 8 said Achramovitch had the full support of the board in doing so.  Not true, Moscato said.  

He criticized Achramovitch for talking to the DA almost two weeks ago without the board knowing it. He argued that the district is heading down a “slippery slope” where the board is a “necessary inconvenience” that gets bypassed by the superintendent. 

And, Moscato said that Achramovitch shouldn’t be involved in the investigation of another superintendent.President Roger Boily said the motion was retroactive and that Achramovitch talked to the DA’s office because the district didn’t want to wait on the matter.  But will the possibility of a mole among them make board members suspicious of each other? Tydings thinks so, adding he doesn’t know who the leaker is and won’t bother trying to find out.“There’s going to be some unease between one (member) to the next. It’s just how much and how much of an interference it will be,” Tydings said. “Time will tell, but it’s going to have some type of an impact. And it’s sad that it will.”

A baker's dozen of possible suspects

Hamburg Taxpayers VOTE NO on the School Budget

Taxpayers from Hamburg Central Schools, your taxes have gone up over 20% in the last few years.  This year, your school taxes will continue to skyrocket. 

Concerned has learned that last month alone- April 2013- the Hamburg Board of Education spent over $28,000 in the frivolous lawsuit reported by all major new agencies. 

So, Hamburg taxpayer, why would you ever vote to increase your taxes?  

VOTE NO on the HAMBURG BUDGET!!!!!  

May 21, 2013, Please attend Hamburg High School and vote NO on the school budget. 

Steven Achramovitch and Joan Calkins are not trustworthy, and must be removed. ASAP!!!!

SEND A LOUD AND CLEAR MESSAGE TO STEVE AND JOAN.

VOTE NO on THE SCHOOL BUDGET

Meet the School Board Candidates TONIGHT at 7 p.m. Charlotte Avenue Elementary School

Concerned Hamburger would like to ask the community to attend the meet and greet for the candidates running for the three seats which will be vacated on the Hamburg Board of Education.  Matthew Dils and Diane Reynolds will not seek re-election, and Joan Calkins is suffering from  delusions of grandeur, and will seek re-election.  Remember, Hamburg district voters, Joan was instrumental in hiring Steve Achramovitch for, "his legal expertise". (Please see Hamburg Special Meeting minutes December 2010 for Joan's utterance.)

The event is being sponsored by the PTA and will be moderated by the League of Woman Voters.   The meet and greet is at Charlotte Elementary School in the Village of Hamburg.  Charlotte Avenue runs parallel with McKinley Parkway south of Clark Street.

Each vacancy is for a full 3 year term.  The candidates for the Board of Education based on ballot position  are:

#1. David Yoviene

#2. Catherine Schrauth Forcucci

#3. Joan Grosvenor Calkins, incumbent.*

#4. Sheila J Ruhland

#5. Gary Klumpp

#6. John Callahan

#7. Laura Heeter

* denotes incumbent

Greed: stealing the education of Hamburg children

 

"We got caught...holy crap!" 

This photo was sent to Concerned Hamburger, it was taken at the May 7, 2013 Bored of Education meeting during the public speaking session.  The Bored and Achramovitch  are sitting  in shock and horror as they are confronted by community member and blogger, "Super".   Super chastised the Bored for wasting taxpayer dollars in an attempt to unmask Super, Klozman and Concerned Hamburger.  

Most members of the Hamburg Bored of Education have zero regard for the Unites States Constitution and the New York State Constitution both to which each member swore oaths to uphold. The Boars and the Superintendent violated their oaths of office and must be removed immediately. 

And, the Bored failed to demonstrate a meaningful explanation as to why they are squandering taxpayer dollars on a lawsuit which seeks to line the pockets of: 

• Steven Achramovitch,  Superintendent 
• Joan Calkins, 
• Patty Brunner Collins, 
• Diane Reynolds, 
• Matthew Dils
• Gregory Wichlacz  (former BOE member),
• Casey Neyman  (former BOE member) and, 
• former Business Manager Thomas Bagley.  

These individuals are using Hamburg Central Schools tax dollars to sue in a civil matter.  The money they are using to finance their lawsuit is meant for Hamburg kids.   The lawsuit they filed on June 29, 2012 is financed by Hamburg tax dollars, and is being sucked from the classrooms.  It has been reported to Concerned Hamburger that the district has spent in excess of $100,000 on behalf of these 8 people in their wild goose chase in a hope that at the end of the lawsuit they will line their own pockets.  

Joan Calkins has uttered to several community members that her objective is to bankrupt the defendants.  Hamburg School community member, does Joan Calkins belong near children?  Should Joan serve in a position of public trust? 

As President Calkins and Vice President Flynn chewed off their fingernails at the May 7th BOE meeting, the meter with Harris Beach law firm was fired up as the attorneys for the district scrambled around to somehow justify the maligned actions of the district.  

Meanwhile, the average class size in Hamburg elementary schools is 24 kids per class, the high school has students sitting on the floors during classes,  and Hamburg elementary kids have the shortest school day in the area.  Perhaps one needs to reflect on what the boars are doing?    

Hamburg Schools Bored of Education Meeting Tuesday May 14, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m.

Please attend the Hamburg Board of Education Meeting Tuesday May 14, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hamburg Middle School on Division Street in Hamburg.  The Bored of Education will enter into "executive session" at 6:30 p.m., no doubt to lament the recent exposure of their corrupt ways, and return for a public meeting at 7:30 p.m..  Please attend, and protest the actions Steven Achramovitch, the Bored of Education, the attorneys at Harris Beach,  former "Bored" members Casey Neyman, Greg Wichlacz and former Business Manager Thomas Bagley.   Should you care to sign in and speak, please feel free, there is no requirement to be a resident of the district, non-residents are encourage to attended. 

Concerned Hamburger is requesting all media to please cover the May 14th Bored of Education meeting.    The public must demand that Steven Achramovitch be removed as superintendent of schools and that Joan Calkins, M.D. be made to step down and withdraw her intentions to run for another term on the Bored of Education.  Please attend and defend our Constitutional rights and protect the precious funds intended to be spent on our children.  

Thank you,
Concerned Hamburger

An email came in today from "Super"- a super guy who stands up for what is right against a school district that doesn't seem to care too much about kids

Dear Readers....
Recently Concerned Hamburger received an email notification from Google indicating that the Hamburg School District, through their attorney Dick Sullivan of Harris Beach~ a commercial real estate attorney moonlighting in education and constitutional law~issued a subpoena to Google demanding the identities of Concerned Hamburger, Super and Klozman.  Immediately, Concerned, Super and Klozman, remaining anonymous,  hired a constitutional attorney to quash the subpoena.  You see readers~ we have the right in this country to voice our opinions and state the facts as we see them.  For almost three years and approximately 300K page hits, Concerned Hamburger has been operating as a citizen journalist reporting on the antics of the public faces of the Hamburg School District. Concerned is dedicated to reporting, and will continue to write on the school district despite their efforts to silence me and others.  It has been reported to Concerned Hamburger by many sources, that Dr. Joan Calkins has a vindictive and demonic alter ego.  Joan's "other self " has reported thoughout the Hamburg Community that she will unmask Concerned Hamburger, and she will cause financial harm to the victims of frivolous and baseless lawsuits she and Steve concocted.  Fortunately, turn around is fair play, and it seems that the plans of the District, the Bored of Education, Mr. Abramovitch and others will have unintended consequence never deemed fathomable on the onset of their witch hunt.  

Frankly, if the behavior of the the Bored of Education and Mr. Achramovitch was not so egregiously corrupt, there would be no material to report.  Instead, you the reader~of which there are many~ have been give factual, and sometimes humorous, accounts of the insidious behavior. 

*  Concerned Hamburger has already spent thousands of dollars attempting to protect their rights, and it is likely the the district has spent tens of thousands on this witch hunt.   This latest stunt by Steve and Joan et. al. should shock the conscience of any reader.  Taxpayer dollars intended to go to children to support a fair and balanced education in accordance with NYS Constitutional Law instead is being used to strip  Federal and State Constitutional rights from private citizens- who are taxpayers. Steven Achramovitch ought to be fired immediately, and charges should be filed against each and every board member individually and collectively. A groundswell of anti-Joan and Steve support it growing across this community, and it appears this is only the beginning. 

Sincerely,

Concerned Hamburger 

* modifications were made to the original post due to a readers feedback




From Super...in Blue

My comments from lasts nights Hamburg Central School Districts Budget Hearing 


"It seems to me that Hamburg Central School District, Superintendent Steven Achramovitch, Dr. Joan Calkins, Patricia Brunner-Collins, Mathew Dils, Diane Reynolds, have nothing better to do with our tax money then involve private citizens in lawsuits and now you asking for more money …
I feel it is Important to let all of you parents, community members taxpayers and Private Citizen know that Hamburg Central School District, Superintendent Steven Achramovitch, Dr. Joan Calkins, Patricia Brunner-Collins, Mathew Dils, and Diane Reynolds. Through Harris Beach have drafted me and Two other Private Citizens into the middle of there Law suit Involving Stephenson ,Stephenson and Kavanaugh by serving a Discovery Subpoena to Google Inc. On or about March 1th 2013 asking for the Records and documents including but not limited to Names, address, any registration information for blogger ID’S ,Blog or email addresses. A Subpoena that is both technically and substantively defective and therefore unenforceable. A Subpoena for production of evidence in a civil judicial proceeding must also be served on each party. This was not done. Additionally, while nonparty discovery is permitted in New York State, Civil Practice Law &Rules 3101(A)(4) requires that, when doing so, the discovery demand must state the “circumstances or reasons such disclosure is sought or required “ in this case the subpoena includes no such information.

It appears the actions of the district in having Harris Beach issuing the subpoena were designed to silence legitimate criticism of the district, its Board and Administration by chilling my and others, constitutional right under the first Amendment to write and speak freely … anonymously and with out fear of reprisal and intimidation. Something that the district did when it had Harris Beach send the January 27th 2011 letter ,that said “it would be” working with Google “ to obtain the contact Information IP addresses for anyone who had commented on the Hamburg educational ethics blog , for the stated purpose of and serving us with legal papers”. A blog that has been brought up in the public portion of school board meeting in the past .

If you have read the comments I have posted to Hamburg Educational Ethics, WIVB, WKBW, WGRZ, YNN, THE BUFFALO NEWS OR THE HAMBURG SUN 90% fall under IEP issues, adaptive Physical Education, special Education, the School District not following District Policy and Regulations or Public school board Meetings. And many are the same word for word .So why involve me in this lawsuit is it because I have been advocating for my disable child or for that matter every child in our district or because my life style. The district needs to be aware that in singling me out they are running the risk of a me filing a complaint with the New york state department of human rights.

The district has already spent thousands of dollars on this matter…(47 hours at $500.00 an hour =roughly$ 23,500.00 ).. So I am asking the school board to have Harris beach with draw this subpoena. I would also like the board to rethink having Harris Beach representation. We can’t afford 500 dollar an hour lawyer who cant even get A Subpoena for production of evidence correct. And as always a written apology from each board member would be welcome .

Keep in mind that this is a civil proceeding and the district is using our tax dollars. Hamburg Central School District, Superintendent Steven Achramovitch, Dr Joan Calkins, Patricia Brunner-Collins, Mathew Dils, Diane Reynolds, Gregory Wichlacz, Casey Newman and Thomas Bagley, are asking to be” awarded damages in the excess of the jurisdictional limit of all lower courts together with punitive damages and attorneys’ fees and the cost, the cost and disbursements of this action and such other and further relief as to the court may seem just and proper”

*** PUNITIVE DAMAGES…. Although the purpose of punitive damages is not to compensate the plaintiff, the plaintiff will receive all or some portion of the punitive damage award.

THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS Hamburg Central School District, Superintendent Steven Achramovitch, Dr Joan Calkins, Patricia Brunner-Collins, Mathew Dils, Diane Reynolds, Gregory Wichlacz, Casey Newman and Thomas Bagley are planning on walking away with money … and we are paying for it !

read it and weep folks this is whats been happening for the past two months"

Gender meets budget election day

Concerned Hamburger noticed a throw back to the 1950s-a real Hamburg oddity.  The School Board elections inspectors and machine operators are the old guard of Hamburg with vested interests in the status quo. 

According to a recent agenda on the Hamburg School district web page (before the agendas became illegally password protected) , the girl inspectors will be on one side of the gym, and the boy inspectors on the other.  

Much like the old entry doors at Union Pleasant Elementary School- one side for girls, and one side for boys.  Does who ever assigned these positions on election day realize that women can operate machines?  But really the election machines are not machines at all, but rather scanners.

Does anyone find a conflict with the names that appear on the following lists?

One should feast their eyes on the ladies column a.k.a. "the election inspectors".  

Is Marg Rust the same person who wrote a scathing letter that appeared for months on the district web page about a current Bored Member?  Margaret Rust ought be sent to the end of the line, and is surely the last person who should serve as an inspector. Her bias came out loud and clear less than one year ago.  It is rumored that Marg Russ is a pal of Joan Calkins, a candidate in the school bored election.  The Bored of Education must say no to Marg as she clearly exhibited bias.  
  Marg if you read the blog, just say no and walk away from the one hundred bucks. 

Now, please turn your attention to the boys column aka "machine operators".   
Certainly any one who has been around Hamburg can immediately identify the red herrings.  

In some school districts, the students in the senior social studies classes manage the polls on school budget/board election day. New York State Education Law makes a special provision allowing 17 year-olds to manage the voter sign-ins and machine (scanner) operation.  Did Hamburg ever consider having the students learn something practical about their Democracy?  Instead in true Hamburg form, the old cronies of Hamburg will be minding the voters trust on May 21, 2013. 

All candidates beware and have your own set eyes and ears in the High School gym on election day. 
Legerdemain is alive and well in Hamburg Central Schools. 

Can Hamburg ever find unbiased individuals to act in neutral positions?  
Perhaps, that question answers itself.  

\Election Inspectors                        Machine Operators 

               Gail Hellert                                                     Robert Brogan

               Wendy Horth                                                  Gerald Gerbracht

               Shirley Haberman                                           Ken Haberman

               Margaret Holmes                                            Kevin Snyder

               Ann Kostorowski                                            Vincent Yacobucci

               Marjorie Mashiotta                           

               Anita Meissner

               Jeannette Mugle

               Joan Orr

               Marg Rust

               Elaine Schroeter

               Gloria Troyan

               Audrey Taft

               Nancy Wood

              Dawn Yacobucci 

School district spying is not a new phenomena, but will cost dearly.

In 1787, Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison:  "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences."  

Joan Calkins, this post is written for you. 

Joan Calkins you are a paranoid narcissist*.  

  Joan's conduct is detestable, and while you may think you are "protected" against any legal actions of citizens and employees, you may want to closely read the story of Lower Merion School District. While not exactly parallel to some of the issues that you have initiated and presided over while on the Hamburg School Board, the outcome of the actions in Lower Merion ought serve as a grave warning. 

Joan your actions will follow you in your post-Hamburg School Board.

You will not be entitled to indemnification from the Hamburg School district as you live your life post your "lets get physical" school bored theatrics with Steven Achramovitch.  

Robbins v. Lower Merion School District (LMSD) is a federal class action lawsuit that cost a school district in suburban Philadelphia millions of dollars because the superintendent, administration and school board refused to take into consideration the Constitutional protections enjoyed by all Americans. 

A young student approximately age 15 named Robbins(plaintiff) was photographed while sleeping in his bedroom and also with his shirt off. Without telling its students, the LMSD remotely accessed school-issued laptops to secretly snap pictures of students in their own homes, their chat logs, and records of the websites they visited. The defendants were the Lower Merion School District, its nine-member Board of Directors, and its Superintendent (Christopher McGinley). After a lengthy legal battle that cost the district and its insurance companies millions of dollars,  a Federal Court rule in favor of the plaintiff and a settlement was made in excess of $600,000.  Amid the financial cost, the school district, the administration and the board of education suffered severely in a media blitz that painted them in a rightfully earned foul manner. Their behavior classified them all- collectively- as pervert peeping toms.  

The matter brought such shock to privacy and freedom-loving Americans, that the U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee held hearings on the issues raised by the schools' secret surveillance. The district's Superintendent admitted that students and parents were not informed of the secret spying feature, and the district said that "notice should have been given" to the students and parents, and that the district's failure to do so "was a significant mistake" School Board President David Ebby said: "It's a big, big horrible error in judgment." One of the district's computer techinians said about the spyware, "This is awesome. It's like a little LMSC soap opera". 

In a strange twist to the story, a group of parents in the Lower Merion school community band together in attempt to stop the Robbins lawsuit as they felt it would ultimately cost them- the taxpayer, and take valuable resources away from the main mission of the school district- educating students.  

A spokesman for the liberal ACLU stated in reply to a question about the Robbins case stated,  "No government official, be it police officer or school principal, can enter a private home, physically or electronically, without an invitation or warrant. In this case, the officials are not just entering the foyer, but a child's bedroom. Assuming the allegations are true, this is an egregious invasion of privacy."

The school district later admitted to "serious mistakes" and "misguided actions."  The defendants commissioned a 69-page report, which was prepared by lawyers from Ballard Spahr, the same law firm that the school district had hired to defend it in the Robbins lawsuit. The defendants' counsel nevertheless entitled their May 3, 2010, report: "Independent Investigation". Strangely, many "independent investigations" in the Hamburg School District have similar "fox guarding the hen house" nomenclature.

The report cited the district for inconsistent policies, shoddy recordkeeping, misstep after misstep, and "overzealous" use of technology "without any apparent regard for privacy considerations." 

The report also said that school Board members and school administrators who knew that tracking was in place failed to ask the right questions regarding privacy issues, district lawyers didn't probe the legal considerations of handing out computers, and administrators didn't talk about the ramifications. Sounds like the superintendent, administration and bored of education in Hamburg.

Concerned writes about this case as it seems to resonate with many of the actions of the Hamburg Central School District, its Bored of Education, most notably Joan Calkins.  Concerned has been told, that now, Steven Achramovitch- without Bored approval- has introduced a "username/password" access provision for anyone wishing to read the agendas for Bored of Education meetings.  Somehow, Steve and Joan, this new "username/password" provision fails to meet the spirit of NYS Open Meetings Laws- you know, those laws both of you love to violate or perhaps can not grasp. 

Concerned and many others have concerns that once the district has your information they can track your movements around the internet- a blatant invasion of privacy.  And many opine that the district has already targeted some staff members internet usage while the staff member is off-duty.

A word of advice to Steve and Joan Calkins, we have a Constitution in this country- and you might want to read it. Joan and Steve have conspired in our opinion to trample on the rights of many individuals.  They have gone to great taxpayer funded expenses in an attempt to harass and annoy those individuals who have challenged them and their very small minds.  

0 p.m./budget public hearing at 7:15 p.m. at Hamburg High School, 4111 Legion Dr.

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

*the opinion of Concerned Hamburger

Joan and Steve in perfect harmony!

It appears that Joan is attempting to get re-elected to the Hamburg Bored of Education.  

It has been suggested that Dr. Calkins  is looking for one more go-around with Steven Achramovitch. 

What a fabulous team Joan and Steve make- each knowing the others moves.  

Back, by popular demand,

 Joan and Steve- in perfect maniacal synchrony.