The Cave Creek Unified Governing board this evening will vote on
whether to appeal it losing verdict in the recent lawsuit over voter approved bonds to the Arizona Supreme Court.This is beyond the pale and the height of arrogance. First of all, there is the complete and total hypocrisy that we already pointed out.
Live by the lawsuit, die by the lawsuit for Cave Creek Unified
Second, the district got its butt handed to by the judge. Every argument put forth by the district’s legal team was summarily ignored. Read the decision here. Ruling. Third, the district does not have the money to waste on this.Dear CCUSD,
Suck it up, pay off outstanding debt (saving us tens of thousands a month in interest), then come up with a reasoned and reasonable approach to maintaining the facilities in the district that all the voters can approve.
Of course look for it to pass the governing board, 4 to 1.
More than 7,000 voters came out to vote against the CCUSD93 override. TO the best of my knowledge we have never had 7,000 people vote for or against a CCUSD request for more money which leads me to conclude that CCUSD has completely lost the respect of the community and their parents.
ReplyDeleteWould someone please take the shovel away from this administration....(ahhmm that would be you folks there on the school board)
2008 was the last general election ran by CCUSD. It was the first of three attempts for override renewal and it failed by almost 2,000 votes. Votes counted were 12,336 YES vs. 14,323 NO. Your conclusion about admin is false because this community has been struggling to keep it's public schools maintained and properly funded for well over over a decade. The board and the admin has changed repeatedly during this time, often times as a result of the adversarial press and community. The failure we are experiencing is clearly in the hands of the community and not the administration, the teachers or students.
ReplyDeleteDoes CCUSD know what it is doing? On September 26, amid the euphoria surrounding the possible passage of the M&O override, the CCUSD school superintendent said to the Superintendent's Advisory Council, "Yes, the lawsuit is appealable, but we don't have the money for that now".
ReplyDeleteAbout 60 days later, the CCUSD governing board voted to appeal the Goldwater decision to the state appellate courts. This event occurs in rough economic times, a time of lower funding for state education.
Remember, the state retention risk pool paid CCUSD's legal expenses in the initial Goldwater litigation. Any appeal of the Superior Court decision would be at the direct expense of the school district (CCUSD has not, as yet, estimated the amount of taxpayer funds that would be needed).
Remember, there are other indirect expenses! In the approximate 12 months involved in an appeal, the district taxpayers would have to pay bond investors about $600,000 in interest for the $13-14 million bond money sitting in the bank. This $600,000 is equivalent to the average salaries of 12 teachers (out of the well publicized 70) which CCUSD claims would be lost if the override did not pass.
Goldwater was awarded about $32,000 for its attorney fees and costs by the Superior Court; it is not clear whether CCUSD would also have to absorb Goldwater's further legal expenses if the appeal were to fail. One wonders
At what point are the Board members and the parents of this district going to realize that Debbi Burdick needs to be fired as superintendent? She is the worst thing to happen to this district since Nate Greenburg came aboard and brought Ann Orlando out west with him to be principal of DAMS. The performance of the school district academically is a testament to the hardworking teachers (except the middle school teachers who just keep falling short of success - then again, what do you expect with Bill Dolezal "leading" the school), not anything she has done. Clear out the administration and start anew.
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