Re: A question for FONS

[Jack Porter <jporter@moscow.com>]

John, those are worthy goals that need to be considered.  I doubt that FONS 
will present a whole budget plan, but we want to be part of the 
process.   The whole community (or at least, the minority of us who show up 
to vote in levy elections) has a difficult task ahead in working out what 
we're willing to pay for in school taxes.  We in FONS believe the district 
was too quick in opting to replace existing schools as part of its 
facilities plan, and now any proposal to close schools for budgetary 
reasons needs to be viewed with skepticism.   Disruptions of students, 
faculty, programs, and neighborhoods are serious issues, and the monetary 
savings may prove to be illusory.  For example, closing West Park would 
require busing for 200+ students who now walk to school, so that cost needs 
to be included in a true comparison.

Jack Porter


At 01:08 PM 12/18/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Is it the intention of FONS (Friends of Neighborhood Schools) to present to
>the Board of Trustees a budget plan that provides for maintaining the
>current use of four elementary schools, a junior high school, and a high
>school and provide for the preservation of these buildings while recognizing
>both the current limited resources available and the continuing decline in
>enrollment that will make for even more limited resources in the future?
>
>
>John Danahy
>jdanahy@turbonet.com