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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 meetings
about Dr. [ere Hochman, Superintendent of the Bedford Central School District. We wish to express our
support 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 levy below 2% -long before Albanyestablished
the 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 effectively eliminating "step
and 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 an
unprecedented 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 Merit
Scholarship Commended Students and 2 National Merit Scholarship winners;
During his time here,participation in AP classeshas increased,with two-thirds ofthe Classof2014 taking AI> classes,
a largenumber taking multipleAP coursesand one-third named AP Scholarsand AP Scholarswith Distinction. The
College Board has listed Fox Lane 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 are
privileged to have him as our Superintendent with the vision "Every single student, every single day:'
Signed,
Rocio Alay
[olikha Ali
Karen Allison
Elyse Arnow Brill
Joshua Arnow
Maria Aveiga
John Bailly
Mary Bailly
Whitney Barbera
Bill Barrett
Ienn Bennis
Jon Bennis
Jay Berger
Mel Berger
Diana Binger
A1isonBoak
Tara Bongiorno
Carola Otero Bracco, Executive Director,
Neighbors Link
Mark Brauning
Rebecca Brauning
Sanjay Brooks
David Buchwald, New York State Assemblyman
Christopher Burdick, Supervisor,
Town of Bedford
Christine L. Carmichael
Richard S. Carmichael
MaryAnn Carr
Sorvina Carr
Natasha Cohen
Gary Cohn
Vivian Cohn
Rebecca Cohn
Lila Cummings
Poppy Cummings
Robert Cummings
Barbara Cutri
Marianne Delaney
Molly Delaney
Paula Desperito
Christina Dochtermann
Andrea Eigel
Ted Eigel
Michelle Fass
Daniel Feintuck
Heather Feldman
Rich Feldman
Amy Ferguson
Kerry Flynn Barrett
Elizabeth Mary Frei
David Gabrielson, Bedford Town Board
Margaret Gaffney
Daniel Gagliardi
Jennifer Gagliardi

David Grant
Dylan Grant
David Griff
Kurt Grossberndt
Barbara Grossman
Kathy Grummon
Regina Haddad
Marion Halberg
Peter B. Harckham, Westchester County
Legislator
Christopher Hayden
Barbara Ingraldi
Ellen Ivens
Barbara Jackson
Kenneth T. Jackson
Althea Johnson
Ellen V. Kearns
Eileen Kensing
Henry V. Kensing
Alex Kozersky
Lara Kozersky
Harry Krensky
Linda Krensky
Sue LaColla
Bill Lang
Carolyo Lang
Debra Lang
Raimundo Langlois
George Latimer, New York State Senator
Kristy Lavinsky
Amy Lerner
Laurie Lichtenstein
Kim Manocherian
Adrienne Marcus, Executive Director,
Lexington Center for Recovery
Michael Markhoff
Nancy Markhoff
Marvin Markowitz
Roberta Markowitz
Donna Marino
John Marino
Beverliz Martinez
Sarah Matthews
Stephanie Mendez
Eric Meyers
JenMeyers
Dawn Meyerski, Executive Director,
Mount Kisco Child Care Center
Joe Mokey
Prisca Mokey
AlyseMoore
Dan Moore
Jennifer Morello
Maurizio Morello

Nellie Myrie
Kristen Oden
RobOden
AmyOringel
GinnaOrtiz
Martha Palomino
Rafael Palomino
Carol Pantel
Daniel Paschkes
Gina Picinich
Ann Price
Fred Price
Alan Raboy
Jessica Rappaport
Emily Rauch
BeaRhodes
Mary Ann Robinson
Beth Romski
Gerard Romski
Patty Rosati
Helene Rosenhouse-Romeo
Jennifer Saine
Elida Sanabria
Gustavo Sanabria
Joel Seligman, President & CEO, Northern
Westchester Hospital
Joyce Seligman
AmalShady
Marilyo Shapiro
Clare Sherwood
Jenny Shevick
Scott Shevick
Brian Skanes, Executive Director, Boys & Girls
Club of Northern Westchester
Jean Skanes
Waeil Soliman
Randi Sperber
Liz Stein
Alexander Stein
Julie Stern
Debbie Stickler
Steve Stickler
Dan Stoller
Jeremy Sussman
Rebecca Sussman
Dolores Vidal Roy
Meredith Wallace
Liz Walsh
Arthur Weise
. Kristina Nye Weise
Mary Weiss
Leslie K. Williams
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