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Online Funding Can Help Send Rocky Point Senior to Washington

Donations being accepted to help send student to leadership summit.

An online campaign has been started on gofundme.com to help send Rocky Point High School senior Connor Voss to Washington.

Voss has been selected for the LeadAmerica Presidential Inaugural Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. on Jan. 18-22. During this 5-day conference, he and other Presidential Scholars will hear from a variety of expert guest speakers and can select from nine workshops focusing on National Security, International Relations and Science & Technology.

Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell will address the role of leadership, focusing on how the students can build their future.

Donations are requested to help send Voss attend this event and can be made at http://www.gofundme.com/1rgddo.

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K. May 24, 2013 at 08:09 pm
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Janet May 22, 2013 at 04:52 pm
Bravo MP Majority, very well said.Teachers are the most protected job on the planet. Now if theyRead More could only earn that money by producing results in the classrooms like they used to. But I also blame the absent NO vote. They need to be sent a message-we need a majority no vote but that will never happen. Glad I am out of here in 2 years. Can't imagine trying to live here and pay these taxes on social security and my 401K that tanked in 2008 while I was making up the teachers loss on their pension and paying my health insurance & theirs at the same time. So boo hoo teachers you have to spend money on the kids while I spend money on you.
MP Majority May 17, 2013 at 01:41 pm
Spoken like a true teacher. Did you know that the average school teacher is only paying 15% of theRead More actual cost of health care premiums for themselves and their families, when Medical healthcare insurance premiums are rising at an alarming 17% per annum? Do you realize that teachers are paid an additional stipend if they work more than 3 consecutive periods in a day? Are you aware that teacher pensions were protected during the stock market crash of 2008, when the average person's 401K was totally at risk? Perhaps if teachers realized how good they have it - look at the BIG picture and outside of their bubble - then they would complain less. Oh and yes, we need our loftily-paid Administrators to kick in some of the salaries, to help pay for stuff. Hard to believe the school districts' mantras that "it's all for the kids".