1. Monthly Meeting Summer 2011
History of Hague Annexation

2. History of NYS School Reorganization
1795 Est. Statewide Public School System : 11,372
1914 Est. of Central School System
1910: 10,565
1930: 9,118 (1,447)
1940: 6,397 (2,721)
1947 Master Plan For Reorganization
1950: 3189 (3,208)
1958 State Plan Revised
1960: 1,293 (1,896)

3. History of NYS School Reorganization
1977 NYSED Report from Bureau of School District Organization 14 Districts Indentified with under 300 students
1970: 760 (533)
1980: 739 (21) Hague Annexation 1979
1992 Frey Report
1990: 720 (19)
2000: 704 (16)
2011: 697 (7)

4. Types of NYS School Districts
Common School Districts
Union Free School Districts
Central School Districts
Ticonderoga
City School Districts
Central High School Districts

5. Central School Districts
Est. 1914, 1925 Financial Incentives passed by NYS
Most Common (460)
Created by Combing two of more school districts

6. Means of Consolidation
Centralization
New School District Created encompassing existing boundaries
Districts must be contiguous
New Board of Education
Superintendent is chosen by new Board
Local Examples- Moriah, North Warren
Annexation
No new District, One is dissolved and becomes part of the other
Annexing District assumes all assets and liabilities
Must be contiguous
Local Examples- Hague, Dannemora

7. TCSD History
1813 Six School Districts est. within Town boundaries by according to NYS Law
1871 Union Free District No. 5 Re-organized 4 schools (Alexandria, Weedville, Montcalm, Addison Junction)

8. TCSD History 1906 Central School Built on site of the “Academy”
1929 Ticonderoga High School Constructed
1930 Rural District No. 1 Created (N. Ti, S. Ti, Streetroad, Chilson)
1954 Centralization of UFSD No. 5 And Rural No. 1

9. TCSD History 1967 Elementary Middle School Constructed
1979 Annexation of Hague Central School District
2007 Major Renovation Project for all facilities

10. Hague Annexation 6 “No” Votes From 1971-1979 1971- 292 to 194
1976- NYSED Issues Order of Annexation
to 235
to 183
to 234
to 168

11. Hague Annexation 1978 Regular Field Visit Made to Hague by NYSED
Recommendation: “Join with the Ticonderoga CSD before September of 1979”
Recommendation based on review of Facilities

12. Hague Annexation
Hague Students were set to attend Ticonderoga 7-12 for school year
Tuition Study Showed no difference in budget
June 29, 1979 Hague Votes in Favor of Annexation

13. Future Possibilities Ticonderoga/Crown Point Consolidation Study
International Exchange Program
Other
Incentive Aid (Governors Budget)
Commission on Property Tax Reform
Legislative Action- Spring 2011

14. Questions/Sources Hague Chronicle
“Reorganization of School Districts in New York State” Power Point NYSSBAA
District Files
Patches and Patterns
NYSED School Report Card

15. ASSESMENT HISTORY
YEAR HAGUE ER TI ER $ 647,294 66% $ 14,005,273 24% $ 1,598,44 71% $ 15,545,652 17% $ 26,717,254 50% $ 16,163,325 15% $ 30,723,559 28% $ 18,461,067 12% $218,861, % $ 283,132, % $254,604,218 N/A $ 289,133,090 N/A $416,019, % $ 353,875, % $434,272,013 70% $ 401,949,596 73% $439,240,799 75% $ 540,279, %