Port Jervis School Board Member Florence Santini Runs for Reelection
A longtime Deerpark resident and a fixture in the community, Florence Santini said she is running for another school board term to continue serving students and taxpayers.
She first ran for the board in 2004 to get a handle on the spiraling school taxes, only to find out that the world couldn’t be changed overnight and the only thing under her control was to keep trying.
While mindful of seniors on fixed incomes that struggle to pay taxes, she also came to look at things from the perspective of students.
“First of all, you have to take care of the students,” Santini told The Epoch Times. “We must make sure that they have all their schooling, all their programs, and all that they need to get by and graduate.”…