Recent remarks attributed to the Voorheesville school board president are generating controversy in Albany, where school officials, teachers, students and alumni say they were unfairly and cheaply maligned by their neighbors to the west. In a discussion about enrichment programs and making middle school classes smaller, Voorheesville Central School District board President Timothy Blow is quoted as saying: To me, class size doesn't come before enrichment. Blow said he only mentioned Albany to indicate that studies on class size show smaller classes make more of a difference for urban school districts than for suburban districts like Voorheesville. Blow apologized Monday night to the roughly two dozen students and staff from the Albany schools who attended the Board of Education meeting at Voorheesville High School. The quote was circulated by Albany School District teachers, parents and students on social media, prompting an outpouring of outrage, emails and several letters to the editor. Please accept my apology for what were inaccurate statements attributed to me, he told the crowd, that included some staff and supporters wearing T-shirts that read 'We are United for Albany public schools. Enterprise Editor Melissa Hale-Spencer said the newspaper has a "very well-publicized" policy on issuing corrections and correcting misinformation, and that Blow has not contacted the paper in the weeks since his quote appeared. Albany school board member Sue Adler posted Blow's remarks on her Facebook page, adding the words "speechless" and "blood boiling."
Voorheesville Schools Official Apologizes For Remarks About Albany
By Bethany Bump, Times Union
Mon, 05/09/2016 - 10:00pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: New York Albany County Albany
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