{"id":120316,"date":"2022-05-06T09:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=120316"},"modified":"2022-05-06T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:30:21","slug":"letters-pinard-supports-blanchard-for-school-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=120316","title":{"rendered":"LETTERS: Pinard supports Blanchard for school board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>To the Editor:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the voters and parents of children in the Canastota School District, I am proud to endorse Scott Blanchard for the upcoming school board election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have worked with Scott on the Village of Canastota Recreation Board for the past four years. I have learned a lot from him and can always count on his devotion and leadership on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott has risen to the position of vice president with the board, and that is largely based on the effort he puts into everything he does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott shows an amazing level of dedication to every event, big or small. The families of the community have benefited from his impact on this board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, Scott saw a need on the planning board and stepped up to take on this role.&nbsp; He reads every case that comes before the board and does extensive research to make sure that he is educated on the subject.&nbsp; Scott wants to make sure that everyone who comes before the planning board gets the help they need and the support they should expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a lifetime member of Canastota and was a graduate of Canastota High School.&nbsp; After college, he came back to the district as a substitute teacher and helped every student who needed him.&nbsp; I can personally tell you that, with my son, Scott would help him in any subject, regardless of the class he was teaching.&nbsp; Scott is now a teacher in the Utica City School District and gives those students the time and opportunity to develop to their furthest potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I give my full support to Scott Blanchard, and I hope that you do, as well.&nbsp; On May 17, 2022, give your vote to someone who cares about the community and wants us to be proud of our schools: Give it to Scott Blanchard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>John Pinard, Canastota<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor: To the voters and parents of children in the Canastota School District, I am proud to endorse Scott Blanchard for the upcoming school board election. I have worked with Scott on the Village of Canastota Recreation Board for the past four years. I have learned a lot from him and can always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23678,23808,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letterstotheeditor","category-opinion","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}