Last Chance: Lindenhurst Council of PTAs Meeting Tonight

Welcome to Wednesday, Lindenhurst!

Here's your "Last Chance" reminder that there's meeting at 7:30 p.m. at .

Nominations and are expected to take place at the March 28 meeting.

For more information about tonight's , click .

On a related note many members of the Council and the individual Lindenhurst elementary school PTAs - including current Lindenhurst Council of PTAs President Laura Chapter - are involved with the newly formed Facebook group, Save Long Island Schools.

The group - now more than 5,600 strong - continues to pressure Albany and their local legislators by calling and writing in an effort to increase funding for local Island schools, including Lindenhurst.

According to Chapter, members of the group would like to see the formula recalculated so more money comes back to Long Island schools instead of being funneled away, especially in this economy.

She believes in this group's efforts and has also gotten other Lindenhurst parents, and PTA members on board, such as Regina Cuffaro and Ann Marie Thomson.

She's also gotten the to put a link on its website that allows parents and residents to directly e-mail their local legislators, including Assemblyman , Senator and Senator

"The Lindenhurst Board of Education and Central Administration have initiated a fair funding e-mail campaign directed at our representatives in state government. This campaign is intended to address the inequality in New York State aid distributed to local school districts. Please add your voice to the call for equitable funding for Lindenhurst and Long Island," the website read.

In addition, according to Cuffaro, BOE Members Val McKenna and Robert Vitiello and Daniel Street Civic Association President joined them at the group's at state offices in Hauppauge on that served to spotlight the group's advocacy push that started last week.

State Senator Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) and Assemblyman (R-Bay Shore) also attended the rally.

For more information about this effort visit the Facebook page, click and see the accompanying images.

Editor's Note: Don't forget to share your thoughts and concerns about this year's budget process for the with Lindenhurst Patch on the site in the comments section of articles on the topic like this one, on Facebook and Twitter, and by e-mailing barbara.loehr@patch.com with an opinion piece.