SETTING THE STAGE
The Roosevelt Union Free School District is one of the poorest and most under-served school districts on Long Island. It has a primarily minority student population and is a pocket of social segregation and an anomaly in a suburban area that is often considered one of the most affluent counties in the country. Its dysfunctional school system has been forgotten by political leaders and eventually became the first ever to be taken over by New York State because of its poor management and under performance. When Roosevelt UFSD resident voters decided that they had had enough of the state's mismanagement of its school system, they voted down the budget twice and put the district into austerity. Unfortunately, the first victims were the Roosevelt student-athletes, who were told they would have no place to go after school as all co-curricular activities and sports were cut.
The Roosevelt Union Free School District is one of the poorest and most under-served school districts on Long Island. It has a primarily minority student population and is a pocket of social segregation and an anomaly in a suburban area that is often considered one of the most affluent counties in the country. Its dysfunctional school system has been forgotten by political leaders and eventually became the first ever to be taken over by New York State because of its poor management and under performance. When Roosevelt UFSD resident voters decided that they had had enough of the state's mismanagement of its school system, they voted down the budget twice and put the district into austerity. Unfortunately, the first victims were the Roosevelt student-athletes, who were told they would have no place to go after school as all co-curricular activities and sports were cut.
Cold Spring Harbor High School were unlikely candidates to help Roosevelt students in the hour of their need because of the football rivalry between the two schools and hurt feelings from a forfeited game in 2002.
See the following video for coverage of Roosevelt's plight and the fund raising efforts.
See the following video for coverage of Roosevelt's plight and the fund raising efforts.
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