Chief
05-03-2008, 08:33 AM
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Sorry folks, but in our house we both agreed to reject this massive bond measure for a number of reasons.
First, over 58% of our current Property Taxes go to fund the schools right now. We think they should be making do with what they have, not asking for a quarter of a billion dollars worth of new funding.
Next, this bond measure is way in excess of anything we have ever been asked to cosider in the Evergreen District. The School Board is asking for a lot of things that they have not made the case for, such as completely replacing three moderately older schools along with adding even more new schools.
The "Health and BioSciences Academy (HBSA)" they want is news to me as well, until this measure hit my mailbox I had not heard there was such a need for such a facility. If we had 100% literacy coming out of the Evergreen School District, and all Seniors had straight "A" Grades in the basic three R's, we still wouldn't need a Health and BioSciences Academy since we have many Colleges in the area and that is a more approporiate place for something like that.
In addition, I think there are way too many $100K Salaried positions at Evergreen Schools, and that appears to be where a lot of the current 58% of my Property taxes are going right now. I can't see throwing a quarter of a billion more their way until they prove to me they have tightened their belts and are spending what they are getting effectively.
Rejected...
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Sorry folks, but in our house we both agreed to reject this massive bond measure for a number of reasons.
First, over 58% of our current Property Taxes go to fund the schools right now. We think they should be making do with what they have, not asking for a quarter of a billion dollars worth of new funding.
Next, this bond measure is way in excess of anything we have ever been asked to cosider in the Evergreen District. The School Board is asking for a lot of things that they have not made the case for, such as completely replacing three moderately older schools along with adding even more new schools.
The "Health and BioSciences Academy (HBSA)" they want is news to me as well, until this measure hit my mailbox I had not heard there was such a need for such a facility. If we had 100% literacy coming out of the Evergreen School District, and all Seniors had straight "A" Grades in the basic three R's, we still wouldn't need a Health and BioSciences Academy since we have many Colleges in the area and that is a more approporiate place for something like that.
In addition, I think there are way too many $100K Salaried positions at Evergreen Schools, and that appears to be where a lot of the current 58% of my Property taxes are going right now. I can't see throwing a quarter of a billion more their way until they prove to me they have tightened their belts and are spending what they are getting effectively.
Rejected...
8)