Candidate Spotlight: William LaVelle

William LaVelle is a Patchogue-Medford School Board of Education candidate running unopposed for the seat currently occupied by himself. Patch asked LaVelle and the other candidates five questions about the Patchogue-Medford School District.

Patch: Why have you chosen to join/continue on the Board of Education?

LaVelle: I was running unopposed and I am a strong independent voice to control costs.

Patch: What aspects of your background give you an advantage in being a part of the Board of Education?

LaVelle: My six years experience on the board, my legal and business background.

Patch: What is the biggest issue that the Board of Education is going to face in the 2012-2013 school year?

LaVelle: Having a long term plan to increase revenue, restore programs and deal with our under utilized school buildings.

Patch: Patchogue-Medford has suffered a lot of cuts due to state mandates, what kinds of programs would you want to bring back if you could?

LaVelle: We can only discuss bringing back programs if we cut costs and /or increase revenue.

Patch: What's one thing about the Patchogue-Medford school district that the public should know more about?

LaVelle: The fact that we could have several years of no increases in our taxes if we closed one school and/or had a wage freeze for teachers and administrators.