Opinion: 'FASNY: GAME CHANGING LETTER'

Great News! The White Plains School Board of Education has just delivered a letter to the Common Council regarding the French American School of New York’s plan. The Board’s letter stated that

“It is the unanimous opinion of the White Plains Board of Education that (i) the increased traffic resulting from the location of the main entrance to the proposed consolidated French American School on either North Street or Bryant Avenue would have a profoundly negative and disruptive effect on the operations of White Plains High School and the safety and welfare of our students, their families and our staff, and (ii) the traffic mitigation proposals submitted by FASNY not only fail to remedy the flaws identified in their originally submitted plans, but certain suggested mitigation efforts potentially create much larger, more untenable problems for the White Plains Schools.”

This letter from those charged with the safety of our school children is an extraordinarily significant development and corresponds to the serious concerns raised by residents from all over the City regarding the feasibility of locating such a facility on the former Ridgeway Country Club property.

Please join us in thanking the Board of Education in undertaking such a thoughtful review of the FASNY proposal.

Attached is a copy of the original letter.

The Gedney Association would again like to thank the hundreds of residents who attended the Public Hearings last week and those who spoke so eloquently and factually on the FASNY proposal. We are certain the Common Council heard the overwhelming opinion of the residents.

Lastly, for those who have not seen the excellent video on Gedney Farms prepared by Anne Casey of Hathaway Lane please see the link. It truly provides a wonderful sense of the unique attributes of Gedney Farms.

Respectfully,

John Sheehan
President, Gedney Association

PS: The YouTube video depicting the Gedney Farms struggle has received over 1,358 views so far.