An impressive group of Teachers, Administrators, Board Members, students and Community Members
from the Patchogue-Medford School District. The pro-education rally was at Half Hollow Hills East High School
on Saturday, April 13, 2002. The rally called on Governor Pataki and the New York State Legislature
to increase education dollars in the state budget and to give Patchogue-Medford and the rest
of Long Island their equitable share of state funding.


Rally speakers called for Long Island to get an amount of aid relative to the amount of taxes paid to the state, and called for "Cost of Living" increases to counter the high cost associated with living in Suffolk and Nassau Counties.
PMCT President Jane Conetta with Andy MacAvoy and PMCT Past President Kal Raustialo