Monthly Meeting Summer 2011 History of Hague Annexation

History of NYS School Reorganization 1795 Est. Statewide Public School System- 1870: 11,372 1914 Est. of Central School System 1910: 10,565 1930: 9,118 (1,447) 1940: 6,397 (2,721) 1947 Master Plan For Reorganization 1950: 3189 (3,208) 1958 State Plan Revised 1960: 1,293 (1,896)

History of NYS School Reorganization 1977 NYSED Report from Bureau of School District Organization 14 Districts Indentified with under 300 students 1970: 760 (533) 1980: 739 (21) Hague Annexation 1979 1992 Frey Report 1990: 720 (19) 2000: 704 (16) 2011: 697 (7)

Types of NYS School Districts Common School Districts Union Free School Districts Central School Districts Ticonderoga City School Districts Central High School Districts

Central School Districts Est. 1914, 1925 Financial Incentives passed by NYS Most Common (460) Created by Combing two of more school districts

Means of Consolidation Centralization New School District Created encompassing existing boundaries Districts must be contiguous New Board of Education Superintendent is chosen by new Board Local Examples- Moriah, North Warren Annexation No new District, One is dissolved and becomes part of the other Annexing District assumes all assets and liabilities Must be contiguous Local Examples- Hague, Dannemora

TCSD History 1813 Six School Districts est. within Town boundaries by according to NYS Law 1871 Union Free District No. 5 Re-organized 4 schools (Alexandria, Weedville, Montcalm, Addison Junction)

TCSD History 1906 Central School Built on site of the “Academy” 1929 Ticonderoga High School Constructed 1930 Rural District No. 1 Created (N. Ti, S. Ti, Streetroad, Chilson) 1954 Centralization of UFSD No. 5 And Rural No. 1

TCSD History 1967 Elementary Middle School Constructed 1979 Annexation of Hague Central School District 2007 Major Renovation Project for all facilities

Hague Annexation 6 “No” Votes From 1971-1979 1971- 292 to 194 1976- NYSED Issues Order of Annexation 1976- 240 to 235 1977- 282 to 183 1978- 298 to 234 1979- 183 to 168

Hague Annexation 1978 Regular Field Visit Made to Hague by NYSED Recommendation: “Join with the Ticonderoga CSD before September of 1979” Recommendation based on review of Facilities

Hague Annexation Hague Students were set to attend Ticonderoga 7-12 for 1979-80 school year Tuition Study Showed no difference in budget June 29, 1979 Hague Votes in Favor of Annexation 242-190

Future Possibilities Ticonderoga/Crown Point Consolidation Study International Exchange Program Other Incentive Aid (Governors Budget) Commission on Property Tax Reform Legislative Action- Spring 2011

Questions/Sources Hague Chronicle “Reorganization of School Districts in New York State” Power Point NYSSBAA District Files Patches and Patterns NYSED School Report Card

ASSESMENT HISTORY YEAR HAGUE ER TI ER 1972-73 $ 647,294 66% $ 14,005,273 24% 1979-80 $ 1,598,44 71% $ 15,545,652 17% 1984-85 $ 26,717,254 50% $ 16,163,325 15% 1989-90 $ 30,723,559 28% $ 18,461,067 12% 1994-95 $218,861,076 112% $ 283,132,303 109% 1999-00 $254,604,218 N/A $ 289,133,090 N/A 2004-05 $416,019,347 100% $ 353,875,046 100% 2009-10 $434,272,013 70% $ 401,949,596 73% 2011-12 $439,240,799 75% $ 540,279,888 100%