Do not close an Oswego school: No 5-8 grade building Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/do-not-close-an-oswego-school-no-5-8-grade-building.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:01 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms. Ann Fayette [Signature #451] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/3588460?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 May 2008 07:35:41 UTC 3588460 Mr. Anthony Lisi [Signature #450] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2725503?utm_medium=rss I'm sure there are many other break/fix or maintenance options. Does it really make since to make all these changes when the population of oswego county is getting smaller and the tax burden is already rising for it's residents. Let's try to get more industry to pay for these changes or if we cannot it is time to start laying off people and/or combining jobs that overlap in the county, town, and city like the rest of the private sector.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:21:16 UTC 2725503 Ms Anonymous [Signature #449] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2709166?utm_medium=rss I do not think the Board or Reconfiguration Committee looked at the big picture. Enrollment is down, education quality is down and people are leaving, - yet they want to spend another $15.2 million on a new building. Constellation has no faith in our schools or community, they refer all new families to Syracuse-Mr. Fischer knows, yet does nothing to work with them to bring new families here. Hopefully, each and everyone will go out and vote this plan down if and when the opportunity arises.

]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:49:27 UTC 2709166 Ms. James Henry JEHclover [Signature #448] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2709122?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:40:59 UTC 2709122 Ms. Janice Henry JHMIN [Signature #447] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2709114?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:40:19 UTC 2709114 Ms. Jackie Henry JEH384 [Signature #446] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2709100?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:38:42 UTC 2709100 ms kristin warner [Signature #445] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2706666?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:04:47 UTC 2706666 mr joseph barry [Signature #444] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2706658?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:03:35 UTC 2706658 ms margaret blum [Signature #443] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2706597?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:51:34 UTC 2706597 Ms Carolyn Kelly [Signature #442] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2706397?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:00:51 UTC 2706397 Mrs. Andrea Acome [Signature #441] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2705847?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:02:12 UTC 2705847 Mrs. Darlene Marsh [Signature #440] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2705829?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:57:25 UTC 2705829 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #439] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2672798?utm_medium=rss This needs to be stopped! when my son was in 7th grade he begged me to take him to school he was teased, choked, and threatened and nothing was done. I had to drive him I could not put him thru it. And he was 7th grade. These statistics are copared to the 70's come on show some new generation studies. I d like to be the one to teach my kids about the birds and bees not the trouble makers. My kid is honors and plays sports and will never ride the bus again! Concerned Parent

]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:48:01 UTC 2672798 Mrs. Jeanette Hansel [Signature #438] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2641366?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:31:41 UTC 2641366 MRS Erin Sabatini [Signature #437] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2640719?utm_medium=rss This should never happen, it is wrong on so many levels.

]]> Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:52:55 UTC 2640719 ms Anonymous [Signature #436] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2640508?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Dec 2007 02:35:32 UTC 2640508 Eliza Drosihn [Signature #435] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2639898?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:36:46 UTC 2639898 MRS. Jill Huard-Bruns [Signature #434] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2639265?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:25:34 UTC 2639265 Troy Pepper [Signature #433] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2636686?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:25:34 UTC 2636686 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Clary [Signature #432] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2626182?utm_medium=rss My son will be starting preschool next year,and would like him to stay in Minetto's School thru the 6th grade,as my wife and I have heard so many good things about the teachers and the school itself
Besides I don't think a 5th grader should be in the same school as a 8th grader .

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:21:56 UTC 2626182 Melissa Connelly [Signature #431] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2625871?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:47:51 UTC 2625871 Matt Falise [Signature #430] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2624491?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:06:01 UTC 2624491 mrs carmela skinner [Signature #429] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2623025?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:19:16 UTC 2623025 Mrs Jackie Anderson [Signature #428] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2623014?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:13:40 UTC 2623014 Mr Chad Jones [Signature #427] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2622586?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:18:44 UTC 2622586 Mrs Katie Lee [Signature #426] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2618527?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:20:26 UTC 2618527 Mrs. Mary Capone [Signature #425] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2617834?utm_medium=rss I don't see how this board can tell us the closing of a school that would require 4.8 million to update is the best thing, when they can't tell us how much the new addition would cost to add all those kids to the middle school.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:32:55 UTC 2617834 Mr. Don Capone [Signature #424] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2617830?utm_medium=rss My oldest daughter previously was in a school district that had grades 7-12 in the same school. It was witnessed first hand the older kids on the same bus acting as 17 yo's would. I understand this was a comparison of 7-12 and not 5-8, but I think the differences in maturity with the age groups are the same. As read in the explanations of the school board as to the age differences, they used studies done back in the 1970's. I think those would be a bit outdated as compared to today's kids.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:32:04 UTC 2617830 Kristan Davis [Signature #423] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2616745?utm_medium=rss It was shown last Tuesday many times over that this plan is wrong on so many levels. Let's work together and get a plan that works best for the kids and the taxpayers. We have $48 million. Let's make our schools something that will draw people to our area.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:50:24 UTC 2616745 Laurie Pryor [Signature #422] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2616104?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:47:24 UTC 2616104 Mr Henry Fylstra [Signature #421] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2615768?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:16:24 UTC 2615768 sharon Bonacorsi [Signature #420] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2615413?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:35:08 UTC 2615413 Mr Robert Todd [Signature #419] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2615343?utm_medium=rss As a former Minetto School student and a member of one of the first classes to use the new part of Minetto school I think it`s a shame to mothball it.I also feel it is advantagious for students to stay in elementary school longer.I lived in Mexico N.Y. for 8 years from the time my son was in grades 2-8 and found it was too early for kids in grades 5&6 to get up and also there was an awful lot of bullying that my son encountered by the 7&8 graders.From someone who has seen it I feel this is a m

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:47:15 UTC 2615343 Terry Fistick [Signature #418] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2614988?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:28:19 UTC 2614988 Heidi Miller [Signature #417] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2614973?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:24:48 UTC 2614973 MR. ROGER WALLACE [Signature #416] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2614228?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:22:25 UTC 2614228 Theresa Auringer [Signature #415] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2612848?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:41:30 UTC 2612848 Mrs LaVonne Davis [Signature #414] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2612102?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:27:51 UTC 2612102 Mrs. Donna Handley [Signature #413] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2611970?utm_medium=rss Fifth graders do not belong in a building with 8th graders!

]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:30:30 UTC 2611970 Mr. Ronald E. Todd [Signature #412] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2611862?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:00:35 UTC 2611862 Mrs Kim Clary [Signature #411] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2611230?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:47:56 UTC 2611230 Mrs Diane Ferguson [Signature #410] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2609737?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:51:03 UTC 2609737 Mr. Jason Gibson [Signature #409] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2609464?utm_medium=rss Closing this school would be outrageous and just another sad and poor excuse for the district to look like they are TRYING to save money. Time to actually use your knowledge and come up with creative ways to save money instead of jumping on the "close a school" bandwagon.

]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:03:51 UTC 2609464 MS Amy Conzone [Signature #408] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2609394?utm_medium=rss Please rethink the decision. Make the repairs to Minetto and keep the middle school the way it is. Why waste all those dollars. Thanks , Amy Conzone

]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:38:10 UTC 2609394 Mrs Ellen Lafond [Signature #407] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2609348?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:17:35 UTC 2609348 Lou Anne Rucynski-Coleman [Signature #406] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2609324?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:04:15 UTC 2609324 Mrs. Karen Kio [Signature #405] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2608110?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:12:10 UTC 2608110 Mrs. Carol McHenry [Signature #404] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2607634?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:20:16 UTC 2607634 Ms. Jennifer Barry [Signature #403] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2607562?utm_medium=rss I received my education from the Oswego School District. I feel closing a school and making a 5-8 school will have a negative impact on the entire district. Not a good idea!

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:55:56 UTC 2607562 Mr William Davey [Signature #402] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606877?utm_medium=rss No evidence has been presented that the children will benefit from the 5-8 configuration. We should only spend $11M IF the students will benefit.
IF any school is closed, it should not be the best performing school in the district.
This school is an integral part of the Minetto community.
No evidence has been presented that shows what will be done with the Minetto building, and what real savings will result.
What other options were considered?

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:41:51 UTC 2606877 Mr. William Bosch [Signature #401] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606805?utm_medium=rss 1) upset that no representation from Minetto
2) highly successful school is being closed, should close ones that are not up to par
3) budget was misleading ... was to repair schools, no build additions
4) some of the 5-8 schools in the area are not working as well as advertised
5) Minetto school is the heart of the community
6) short notice ... seems it is being pushed through quickly

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:31:16 UTC 2606805 Mrs. julie Wing [Signature #400] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606768?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:25:37 UTC 2606768 Mrs. Carolyn Barlow [Signature #399] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606757?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:23:21 UTC 2606757 Mr Ryan O'Gorman [Signature #398] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606604?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:03:33 UTC 2606604 Mrs Michelle O'Gorman [Signature #397] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606596?utm_medium=rss Minetto is the best school in district. I wish my kids went there.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:02:12 UTC 2606596 MRS MARY GREENEY [Signature #396] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606559?utm_medium=rss NOT A GOOD IDEA!

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:56:23 UTC 2606559 Mr. Cliff Wendt [Signature #395] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606436?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:33:06 UTC 2606436 Mrs Breanne Wendt [Signature #394] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2606425?utm_medium=rss Do not close a school. Use the money wisely. If you need to close a building, close the admin offices and place those offices in unused classrooms, then it could be seen how a school actually runs. Also, 5th graders do not need to co-exist on buses with 8th graders. Too much happens that is not supervised.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:31:49 UTC 2606425 Jacquline Scanlon [Signature #393] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605916?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:45:03 UTC 2605916 Thomas Scanlon [Signature #392] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605910?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:44:01 UTC 2605910 Mr Krista Dominick [Signature #391] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605541?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:37:54 UTC 2605541 Mr Robert Dominick [Signature #390] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605536?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:36:38 UTC 2605536 Mr Fred Raes [Signature #389] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605520?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:34:11 UTC 2605520 mrs loralie wallace [Signature #388] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605488?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:30:38 UTC 2605488 Lois Luber [Signature #387] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605329?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:59:12 UTC 2605329 Mrs Lindsey Miner [Signature #386] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605212?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:36:39 UTC 2605212 Ms. Barbara St. Michel [Signature #385] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605183?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:32:30 UTC 2605183 Dr. Pamela Brand [Signature #384] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2605068?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:13:07 UTC 2605068 Mrs. Paula Weigelt [Signature #383] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604971?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:54:50 UTC 2604971 Grace Raes [Signature #382] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604862?utm_medium=rss I would like to remind the Board members of a major financial blunder in the past when a new administrative building on the corner of West Utica and Hillside Avenue was erected. It had a relatively short life span because it was sinking in the ground. It should have been left to stand and fenced in as a monument to a power hungry Board's agenda.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:30:36 UTC 2604862 Jolene Becksted [Signature #381] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604805?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:17:55 UTC 2604805 Mr Scott Dunsmoor [Signature #380] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604796?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:16:22 UTC 2604796 Mrs. Margaret Kain [Signature #379] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604762?utm_medium=rss It's not only a wast of tax payers money and totally unnecessary but, we would be ending a system that brings good results. How ridiculous is that? I've heard nothing but good reports on how this school is run, unlike the other schools here in the city of "Oswego. The teachers seem to have a way of working with the students to bring the best out of each of them. I am totally against the closing of this school!!!!!! Our school systems are a mess and we need to use some common sense.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:07:20 UTC 2604762 dorrene kline [Signature #378] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604736?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:02:33 UTC 2604736 Donna Benway [Signature #377] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604686?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:53:31 UTC 2604686 Melissa Eusepi [Signature #376] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604681?utm_medium=rss I had the privilege of attending Minetto school many years ago. At that time it was the best school in the district. It remains the best school in the district. It would be a shame to deny future students the opportunity to experience such a wonderful school.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:51:12 UTC 2604681 Ms. Maureen Rucynski [Signature #375] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604666?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:47:31 UTC 2604666 Pamela Wills [Signature #374] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604662?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:46:52 UTC 2604662 Travis Pospesel [Signature #373] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604652?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:45:17 UTC 2604652 Melissa Wills [Signature #372] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604632?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:41:08 UTC 2604632 Karen Culeton [Signature #371] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604625?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:39:51 UTC 2604625 MRS MICHELLE BURGESS [Signature #370] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604587?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:33:07 UTC 2604587 Ms Jolene Becksted [Signature #369] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604545?utm_medium=rss Minetto school was my elementary school and I feel it is the best one around!!

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:24:34 UTC 2604545 Mrs Melissa Lisk [Signature #368] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604459?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:05:47 UTC 2604459 Ms. Tamara Galvin [Signature #367] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604415?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:53:08 UTC 2604415 Ms. Tamara alvin [Signature #366] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604405?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:51:43 UTC 2604405 Mr. Martin Polmanteer [Signature #365] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604383?utm_medium=rss This proposal is not in the best intrest of the taxpayers or the children of the district.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:46:18 UTC 2604383 mr david martin [Signature #364] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604366?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:42:23 UTC 2604366 Mr David Paternoster [Signature #363] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604365?utm_medium=rss I rejectt he idea this is good for the kids.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:42:12 UTC 2604365 mrs diane martin [Signature #362] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604362?utm_medium=rss there is no justification for closing this school

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:40:55 UTC 2604362 Susan Traub [Signature #361] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604350?utm_medium=rss It's hard to see into the future, but it's even harder to come up with a new idea. The community has rejected this idea in the past. And I cannot see how this will save money, especially since more kids will need to be bussed [using expensive fossil fuel] to the "new" OMS.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:36:39 UTC 2604350 Darlene Dunsmoor [Signature #360] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604341?utm_medium=rss It seems ridiculous to expose 5th-6th graders to middle school aged kids.
Is the district trying to re-define "elementary education" without the consent of the people?
If they care...why not refurbish the Minetto School.

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:34:22 UTC 2604341 Anonymous [Signature #359] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604214?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:50:00 UTC 2604214 Ms. Jeanette Teifke [Signature #358] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604179?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:41:05 UTC 2604179 Laura Hibbert [Signature #357] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604167?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:37:43 UTC 2604167 mr kenneth snow [Signature #356] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604084?utm_medium=rss leave our kids alone

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:04:11 UTC 2604084 Mrs Judy Oleyourryk [Signature #355] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604008?utm_medium=rss CLOSE and SELL THE ED CENTER!
Don't start with the Chidren in Oswego City School District...Go to the"Top" and Save the Children!

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:26:24 UTC 2604008 Mr Ellery Terpening [Signature #354] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604005?utm_medium=rss 5th graders with 8th graders insane

]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:25:37 UTC 2604005 Mr Ronald Emmons [Signature #353] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2604004?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:25:22 UTC 2604004 mrs. Deanna Grimshaw [Signature #352] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2603994?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:22:55 UTC 2603994