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By: Jennifer Korn After winning a three-year legal battle centered on the East Ramapo school district’s favoritism of private schools, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is facing another predicament. The district board disagrees that they owe NAACP $4.3 million in legal fees and has threatened to dismiss teachers and other school staff if the fees are not cut to $1. “It’s hostage-taking,” said Dr. Oscar Cohen, Spring Valley NAACP Education Committee Chair. Spring Valley NAACP President Willie Trotman described the proposed layoffs as an act of retaliation and asserted that his organization is solely concerned with providing children an opportunity to get an education. “Nobody should be able to take that right from them,” said Trotman.