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LEROYPENNYSAVER&NEWS -NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Count Your Blessings

andHave a

HappyThanksgiving

- If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes

on your back, a roof overhead, a place to

sleep, youarericher than75%of theworld.

- If you have money in the bank, in your

wallet and some spare change in somedish

some place, you are among the top 8% of

the world's wealthy.

- If you woke up this morning with more

health than illness, you are more blessed

than the million who will not survive this

week.

- If youhavenever experienced the chargeof

battle, loneliness of imprisonment, the

agony of torture, the pangs of starvation,

you are ahead of 500million others.

- If you can attend a church meeting with-

out the fear of harassment, arrest, torture

or death - youaremore blessed than three

billion others.

- If your parents are still alive and stillmar-

ried, you are vary rare, even in theUnited

States.

- If you hold up your head with a smile on

your face and are truly thankful, you are

blessedbecause themajoritycan, butdonot.

- If you can hold someone's hand, hug

themoreven touch themon theshoul-

der, youareblessedbecauseyoucan

offer the healing touch.

- Ifyoucanread thismes-

sage you are more

blessed than over two

billion people in the

world that cannot read

at all.

byKimCox

Superintendent of Schools

As I write this letter, it hard

to believe that last year on this

dateweactuallyhada snowday!

Today thebeautiful sunshineand

60 degree temperature are very

much appreciated.

Congratulations toourathletes

andcoaches for averyenjoyable

fall sports season.We are proud

of all of our fall teams and their

efforts. We also celebrate the

Le RoyGirlsVolleyball Section

VChampionship and freshmen,

Maxin Makenzie, as he earned

hisfirst, ofwhatwillprobablybe

many, Cross-Country sectional

matches.Hip,HipHooray for all

ourOatkanKnights!

November is not only a busy

month; it is a short one. I can’t

believe theholidaysare looming.

There are many concerts and

programsplanned for thecoming

weeks. Please check theDistrict

website,

www.leroycsd.org fo

timesand locations. Theseevents

are bound to put you into the

holiday spirit.

Alongwith theholidays, this is

the time of year when we begin

the budget building process for

thenextschoolyear.The2016-17

school year is fast approaching!

We held a Community Budget

Forum on Tuesday, November

10th and received suggestions

and ideas to keep inmind as we

move forwardwith this process.

Thank you to those who were

able toattend. Ifyouwereunable

to attend, you can learn more

about the budget design process

by going to the District website

and clicking on the District and

Budget tabs.As always, feel free

to contact me for any additional

information or questions.

Inclosing,wecontinue towait

for the NYS Education Depart-

ment approval of the R.I.T.E.

capital improvement project

which was voted on December

3, 2014.We are hopeful to have

approval by the end of January

so that we can begin the bid

process and craft our timeline to

commencework. Unfortunately,

we arehearingof somedelays at

the state level on this approval

processdue to lackofmanpower

to review projects. We remain

optimistic thatwewillhear soon.

At this time of year, and es-

pecially in light of recent world

events, I want extend my grat-

itude in being part of such a

wonderfulcommunityandschool

district. There is much to be

thankful for. Iwishyou, andyour

entire family a wonderful and

peaceful Thanksgiving.

Superintendent ’ Column

To all our friends and family for your support

and comfort during the loss ofmy husband

lfred

igoni

Special thanks to theFalconeFamily

FuneralHome,Mary ImmaculateParish

and theLeRoyVillageGreen.

VirginiaRigoni&Family

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