Edgemont Incorporation

[dr.strangelove]

Originally Posted by heapchk

If the Edgemont school district wasn't created by the town of Greenburgh, then who do you think *did* create it? (It can't be the government of Edgemont, since Edgemont is unincorporated and does not have its own government other than Greenburgh).

School districts are creations by permission of the State via certain laws over the years. Initially every existing school was created by the state as a district. then smaller districts were allowed to unify or centralize. Towns do not create school districts, in fact they are competitors in many instances for grants and other funding, often state funding.

Very fast and dirty research shows me that as recently as 1923 this district was known as School District No. 6 of the Town of Greenburgh. But it and others were unified into the current district sometime after this. the districts seeking unification would have done this, not the town. The town and district have very little to do with each other, and then only operationally, such as the state law requiring towns (or other municipalities) to collect taxes for all the various districts in their borders and distribute them. So towns like Cortlandt with 5 districts within its borders collect and distribute taxes to each. Some towns only have one. But towns do not create school districts. It was created by the merger of more than one existing district, which were initially created by the state. Very interesting history of schools in NY. Here is a decent primer: https://www.p12.nysed.gov/mgtserv/sc...lDistricts.htm

[PrimeDish]

Do we all think that Edgemont incorporation will be successful? And, is the thought that Hartsdale will go south? I watched the town hall wherein Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor, expressed concern that Hartsdale would also seek to incorporate as a consequence of Edgemont incorporating. I don't know enough to determine whether this is true but unlikely, true and likely, or false and mostly fear-porn.

What do you all think?

1. Will Edgemont be successful in its current fight (not whether it will be at some time in the future, assuming it fails to incorporate this time around).

2. Will Hartsdale crash and burn, or pursue incorporation, similar to Edgemont?

3. How likely is it that Hartsdale would succeed? My own view is that it is very unlikely to succeed. Its a small town of mostly retirees, who likely don't want to experience change.

4. Anything else you'd like to cover that you believe is relevant.