Pat Welty has raised a wonderful question. Those outside the school district can express their support for this initiative by writing letters of support to: Letter to the Editor c/o The Citizen 25 Dill St. Auburn, NY 13021 or email _citizenletters@lee.net_ (mailto:citizenletters@lee.net) . Letters must be 300 words or less and include the writer's phone number, which will not be published. And/Or The Reader's Page The Post Standard Box 4915 Syracuse, NY 13221 or email _letters@syracuse.com_ (mailto:letters@syracuse.com) (in subject box type "Post Standard letter" Post Standard letters must be 250 words or less and require you name, full address and daytime phone. Only your name and hometown are printed. Below is an article from a recent Post Standard which succinctly summarizes the choices faced by the district and the three options available to the district as the building has been condemned. Your letters of support will be appreciated - you can make a difference! Our village has lost many historic structures - let's not lose one more! Thank you so much for your support. Pat Kimber Frontenac Museum Union Springs, NY Union Springs ponders old schoolhouse use Sunday, December 02, 2007 By Debra J. Groom Staff writer The public hearing concerning the renovation project for the Old Stone Schoolhouse in Union Springs is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday in the middle school/high school library. The public will have the chance to hear more about the project and ask questions. Residents will vote Dec. 11 on whether to spend money to renovate the Old Stone Schoolhouse for use as a media center, video production studio and classroom. It also could be used as a meeting room for school functions or for the community. Renovating it for this use will cost local taxpayers the least of three options facing the district. The options and their estimated costs as of January are: Ö Tearing it down, at a cost of $65,391. Ö Renovating it for use as a storage facility, $178,613. Ö Renovating it for use as classroom, $230,613 (the most recent cost for this is $296,821). Renovating the building as classroom space costs local taxpayers less than the other options because the district will receive $276,769 in state aid for this option. No state aid is allowed to demolish the building or renovate it for storage use. Debra J. Groom can be reached at dgroom@syracuse.com or 253-7316. (http://ads11.udc.advance.net/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf/1239534376/Rectangle/SYRACUSEONLINE/PostStan04_SY_ RoS_House/ps_giftcard_300x250.JPG/34303063373534343437353436346330) **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)