Letter To The Editor: Re-Elect School Trustee Katherin Crossling

Dear Editor,

I am writing to extol the virtues and magnify the importance of re-electing Katherin Crossling to the Ossining School Board.

I have been fortunate to know Katherin and her family for over 5 years and I have always been taken by her incredible drive and passion for improvement and progression in all walks of her life.

As an educator for over 40 years, and the partner of an Ossining schoolteacher, I have seen the palpable impact of Katherin’s achievements on Education and her commitment to encouraging opportunities for all.

Katherin has relentless drive and spirit.

I have witnessed this first-hand through her zeal and dedication to Destination Imagination (DI), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, leaders, and creative problem solvers. Over the last five years Katherin has been instrumental in the organization and development of DI in Ossining. She has coordinated the experience for over 250 students, led teams, provided professional development, and found opportunities for Ossining students to follow their creative and innovational aspirations.

Katherin was so determined that this enrichment program would be available for all interested students in Ossining that she personally set forth to alleviate the financial burden to students and families by creating a nonprofit organization to procure funding. From little things, big things grow. Through her drive for equitable opportunity, and supportive funding, Ossining DI created over 10 teams of exceptional quality, which led to two of the teams winning Regionals and then competing in the DI Global Championships in Kansas City.

As a further example of her drive, in 2019, when the Destination Imagination Regional Championships, to be held in Westchester County, was on the verge of cancellation due to storm damage, it was Katherin Crossling with her perennial determination who rescued the event. Over 400 families and students from New York City and northern New York State had been training for months for the important event and it hung in jeopardy. Within days it was Katherin who was able to identify and instigate a new performance venue, adapt an effective support structure of over 100 staff, and through her tireless commitment, provide a culminating championship, in Ossining, that earned the gratitude of not only the organization, but highlighted the benevolence of Ossining administration and the community and most importantly, saved the dreams and hard work of hundreds of young minds.

Katherin’s traits as a successful attorney are imperative qualities for any Education Board.

She brings a measure of communication that is predicated in the consideration of all stakeholders (such an essential quality in today’s society). She makes decisions that are research based and she is personable and reflective for the benefit of all constituents.

I am proud to endorse and promote Trustee Crossling to a further term on the Ossining School Board as we continue to grow and enrich our families and community.

Simply put- Katherin gets it done! Let’s get it done together with her.

Brian Green