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Kudos to the BTA for fighting the good fight. That said, getting two additional months to look for work isn't much of a blessing--with just about every district in the area and, indeed, across the country, making cuts (though few of this magnitude), the chances of finding a job elsewhere for many of those 'excessed' are slim, indeed. For more than a few dedicated teachers, this will be a career-ender, no matter which budget gets passed. At the same time, the taxpayers of Baldwin are being asked to carry a heavier tax burden each year--with education cuts often still the end result. Something broader is amiss here, and some of the blame undoubtedly goes to the Cuomo administration and its horrific statewide cuts to education, and perhaps poor spending decisions at the local level in past years. Whatever the case, up to 99 teachers, and their families, will be left facing potentially long-term unemployment. Serious consideration needs to be given to larger-scale reforms in this district and others, including possibly slashing what is a very top-heavy administrative salaries. Six-figure salaries are all too common in Long Island education, particularly at the administrative level. Rather than spending that money on cutting those who toil in the trenches day after day, how about targeting the excessive salaries of those who make it their business to micromanage these same educators?

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