It TRULY is ALL about OUR Children's
FUTURE
I am a proud parent of 3 children within our
School district. I want the BEST EDUCATION for my children
and all children within the West Carrollton School District.
This will require our School Board to increase the quality of
education they are currently delivering, Control / Cap Expenses
to inflation only adjustments for our declining enrollment, and
to bring before the voters RESPONSIBLE funding options. I
do not think the pending levy is being responsible based on the
numbers the School District has presented to the community.
PLEASE spend a few minutes to become an 'Educated Voter', Then
VOTE on May 8th.
There is HOPE for PREVENTING the Program
Cuts!
I was at a 'Levy Rally' at Harold Schnell school last
Thursday. Our Superintendent was there fielding questions
from the audience. One of the questions was when will the
cuts go into place. The Superintend indicated that the
program cut HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED YET BY THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION! THIS IS GREAT NEWS! This makes it
even MORE IMPORTANT to let the School Board know that the
CUTS ARE UNJUSTIFIED and we DO NOT WANT THE CUTS!
Please join me at the School Board meetings.
Please fill out a card so that you can talk during the open
discussion period. Tell the Board of Education:
NO PROGRAM CUTS!
Cut Expenses!
It is ALL about OUR Children's Education! It is not
necessary
about propriety tax increases
One of the most important things we can do for our children
is to give them a GREAT EDUCATION! There are only a couple
of times we
have a real say in how OUR School District is run and the direction
our District is going. Both are at election time.
There ARE Reasons (Other then money) why this School Levy
should
not pass
- The Voters feel that We need to get Above State
Average Educational Results for the Above average
money WE CURRENTLY ARE SPENDING!
- Declining enrollment should mean declining Expenses, NOT
Increased Expenses
- Program Cuts are UNJUSTIFIED with 9+ Million TAXPAYER
Dollars in unencumbered reserves within the general fund!
- The Voters do not like the way the District / School
Board is trying to fund the district.
- The voters do not think the School District needs more
money.
A NO VOTE ON May 8, is NOT a VOTE
AGAINST OUR CHILDREN, but a vote on the Results and Direction of
the Board of Education!
The Numbers DO NOT WORK
Can Anyone Explain to me how the passage of the Levy will
solve the problem of expenses being so much higher then Revenue?
I am sure by now you may have seen the following Graph that has
been circulated in the district to show the need for the levy.
Can anyone tell me How 2.8 million Dollars will solve the
problem with such high expenses like what is depicted in the
chart below. No Matter how you slice it 2.8 million
dollars will not work in FY09 and FY10, base on what is
projected. I think we need a better plan!
Source:
April 2007 Parrot
If the levy
passes, the levy will generate 2.8 Million Dollars per year.
The School district has a fiscal year beginning in July and
continuing until the following June. Because of the way
our fiscal year runs any levy approved this year will start to
be collected in Jan 08. The District will receive 1/2 the
annual amount of the levy in Jan 08. 1.4 Million Dollars will be
collected for the FY 08 school year. 2.8 Million will be
collected per year for FY 09 & FY 10. FY 11 the districts
collects the last 1/2 of the levy of 1.4 million. Levy is
only for 3 years. By increasing the Revenue line by these
amounts HOW IS THIS GOING TO COVER THE EXPENSES? This Levy
DOES NOT cover all the expenses above. IN FACT the
District WILL BE FORCED to CUT 9+ MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN FY09,
FY10, & FY11 ON TOP OF THE 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN CUTS FOR FY08.
Have you Heard anything about 'Pass the Levy and we are going to
have 9 Million More in cuts? Me neither!
The superintendent has said that 'The voters will not be
asked for more money until at least 2010'. Based on the
Above chart that tells me a couple of things.
- Expenses are overly inflated and are not being projected
correctly (Is revenue projected correctly as well?) -or-
- Even IF the levy passes there is going to be about 9 MILLION DOLLARS in CUTS in FY09, FY10
& FY11. Plus More
cuts (2.8 Million) in 2011 if a levy is not continued.
Is ANYONE within the District talking about that?
Just remember the following quote 'Accountability is the
Districts Middle Name'. My thought would be that the
district would be informing the voters of this information IF
'Accountability was the Districts Middle Name'
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