Well the taxpayers have some common sense. While the increase in tax bills didn't help, I'd like to believe that the community saw through the smoke and mirrors and realized that abandoning 2 schools and buying laptops was not wise and will not increase student acheivement.
Going out of town of a couple days, but we will be right back at it next week. Can't wait to see what happens at tonight's high school planning meeting.
And how many children do YOU have in the schools???
ReplyDeleteHmmm...Not sure of the relevance but I'll bite. Some of us work for the district, some of us have or had children in the district, and some of us have no children.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear a rebuttal to the posts rather than a question of our motives.
For your information, there are about 3,500-4,000 households residing in the district with children in CCUSD. There are about 14,000-15,000 taxpayer households residing in the district with no children in CCUSD. These figures do not include those households residing outside the district with children attending CCUSD, under certificates of educational convenience.
ReplyDeleteI'm a CCUSD parent who was less than thrilled with the recent bond. But my question is if there is any bond that will be supported by most of the district. Would one that solely paid for books, teacher salaries, etc, be acceptable, or is any bond an automatic "no"? While I heartily agree that the district needs accountability, I fear that there is a large segment of the taxpayers in the district that would love for the schools simply not to exist.
ReplyDeleteNo one is against the schools. What most people are against is the inefficient use of taxpayer money in the school district. There is no bond issue that would pay for teachers' salaries. Rather, the M&O override, passed this last May, is supposed to be used for teachers. The problem is that about half of the M&O override will be used for non-classroom activities, according tho the state Auditor General. Of the roughly 77 employees of the district, only about 300 are teachers.
ReplyDeleteSorry about that! 77 employees should read 700+ employees,
ReplyDeleteAnonymous on November 13, 2007 10:57 PM brings up a great point. Is there any Bond that the community would find acceptable. I plan to cover this in great detail in an upcoming post. My early take is MAYBE.
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