School Taxes

[Jack Porter <jporter@moscow.com>]

Gerry, your stated goals are fine (long term and fair labor contracts, 
using the university for dual enrollment and Votech, and increasing 
instructional days to 180), but voting "no" on the levy would be 
counterproductive.

Do you think the school district will expand its vocational programs when 
it's having to cut back existing programs for lack of money?

On April 23 we have only two choices -- this levy or no 
levy.  Realistically, would our kids get a better education with fewer 
teachers, larger classes, and fewer course offerings?

There are a lot of things you and I both wish the district would do 
differently, but voting the levy down isn't the way to get there.  It might 
make you feel good, but it's not  constructive.   A levy failure would 
certainly produce changes, but not the ones you want.  To get the changes 
you want, we need to change some board members' minds, or replace some 
board members.

Jack Porter

At 11:33 PM 3/28/2002 -0600, you wrote:

***
I think it is time to insist on changes and insist on 1) long term and fair 
labor contracts, 2) using the university for dual enrollment and Votech, 3) 
increasing instructional days to 180 not 167.  These are very boiler plate 
and simple items.  We are not building the international space station.  I 
have not heard of one meaningful reform from the district that will 
actually cause the above to transpire.    Thankyou for reading this, 
nothing in education as I have learned can be stated in a few words.  Jerry