by Editor | May 10, 2026 | The SoapBox
The deal on the table is simple to grasp, even if you wish the math worked differently. South Country wants residents to approve a 13.45% school tax hike, well above what state law allows without a supermajority, and the budget on the table still cuts 55 jobs,...
by Dean | Apr 10, 2026 | The SoapBox
The State Comptroller Just Confirmed What Bellport Already Knew: South Country’s Budgets Were Built on Fiction Editor’s note: This is a follow-up to our inaugural Soap Box column, A $16 Million Hole and Nobody to Blame, which examined the South Country...
by Dean | Apr 5, 2026 | The SoapBox
How the South Country School District Burned Through Its Reserves, Gutted Its Classrooms, and Hired a PR Firm to Explain It All I’ve been watching the South Country Central School District unravel for years now, and I’m tired of it. Tired of the press...