by Newcomer
I don’t think Kevin can do anything alone. No one can. As Mr. McCoy points out, the lesson learned from the June referendum is that in order for a Democracy to work as designed, as many registered voters as possible must become educated about the issue, choose a position on it, and follow through accordingly by voting their position. What we saw in June was that the BOE finally had a group (in the PTO) to champion their cause; write letters to the Villager, plaster the town with signs. These are the same things that the other side does. These are the things that must be done equally by both sides on any issue. If one side publicizes their position and the voters hear and see little to nothing from the other side, then those who are politically asleep or just new to town assume that the most vocal position must be the correct position.
Now we saw some backlash regarding whether or not the PTO was the appropriate group to advocate for the BOE or not and do parents want their membership dues going to political causes or not. So maybe the answer is for a few (current and/or former) members of the PTO to spearhead a new group that is a political advocacy group, independent of the PTO (a spinoff, if you will). But I think the overall lesson to be learned is that the Academy has a group of supporters who advocate for it and the BOE currently does not. The one time in recent memory that they did have one, worked out rather well for them. Sounds pretty ‘elementary’ to me (pun intended).
