Well, of course its YES! is there really an option? the real problem is that it requires a vote at all.
WCSB Special Referendum 5/17/2011
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The thing I would ask of voters is that they contact their representative on the school board. The district hired 63 new teachers for the current year. Ask your board member if they hired the best available candidates. If they tell you yes they are lying. When I asked, the member deferred to the superintendent and the Human Resources person. They didn't respond at all. If you think it's in the best interest of the children of Walton county to have the least qualified of the available teachers, you need to vote yes. An experienced teacher at Maude Saunders with a masters degree and years of experience was cast aside and replaced with a young teacher with little experience from Washington county. Fact! For me it is a vote of confidence/no confindence. Throwing money at problems doesn't solve them.
Approved! 80% for. No problem.
Weeniedawg, you have several axes to grind and none of them have anything to do with this referendum. Why don't you start a new thread and lay out a coherent argument with verifiable facts instead of what sounds like rants of a personal nature?
I am sure when the facts of this referendum are explained to the tea partiers at their meeting, they will vote yes as well. This is a no-brainer and has nothing to do with raising taxes, transparency issues, and other silliness that is being attached to this referendum.
I am sure when the facts of this referendum are explained to the tea partiers at their meeting, they will vote yes as well. This is a no-brainer and has nothing to do with raising taxes, transparency issues, and other silliness that is being attached to this referendum.
So I hope you use your real name when you are out there "speaking up"- or should we wait and listen for comments from Mr. or Mrs. Weeniedog?
You can go to the South Walton Courthouse or to the Defuniak Springs Courthouse
and vote early May 9-14. Otherwise, on May 17th, go to your normal voting location.
That's pretty thorough and I, for one, thank you for being so open. I wish more here were though it is a lot better in that regard than it use to be. That said, it is not the school board's job to handle personnel matters unless there is something criminal or morally incorrect involved. That is what the administration is for. I don't care what you're education is, some people make great teachers and some don't. I know because I've been subjected to both.
Special election is part of being transparent
This special referendum is required because voters approved a certain millage for capital improvements and now the school board wants to take some of that money and put it in the operations budget. The public, who voted on the capital millage, now can say yes or no for transferring the funds for teacher salaries and for operations.
Unlike most of us in handling our own finances-- we sometimes have to use money we had set aside for a special project just to pay ordinary bills--the school board cannot do that without voter approval.
In these very difficult economic times when the state has cut out over a billion dollars in education funding, I urge voters to give the local board the permission to use the funds already allocated so teachers and programs won't have to be cut.
My young granddaughter is attending public school next year. She would be cheated if art and music and other so-called "accessory programs" were not offered to her.
This special referendum is required because voters approved a certain millage for capital improvements and now the school board wants to take some of that money and put it in the operations budget. The public, who voted on the capital millage, now can say yes or no for transferring the funds for teacher salaries and for operations.
Unlike most of us in handling our own finances-- we sometimes have to use money we had set aside for a special project just to pay ordinary bills--the school board cannot do that without voter approval.
In these very difficult economic times when the state has cut out over a billion dollars in education funding, I urge voters to give the local board the permission to use the funds already allocated so teachers and programs won't have to be cut.
My young granddaughter is attending public school next year. She would be cheated if art and music and other so-called "accessory programs" were not offered to her.
Your graddaughter will also be cheated if she happens to get a teacher with little experience. Fortunately there still are teachers in the district who are very good but have the luxury of tenure. The school district no longer hires the best teachers available, just the ones they can pay the least.
I've attended every school board meeting for the last year with the exception of about 4 when I was out of town. A month a so ago when Mrs. Anderson was selling the tax extension, she stated that one thing it was used for was to recruit the best teachers with salaries that were comparable to Okaloosa and Bay counties. If that's true, why are the best teachers who don't enjoy the luxury of tenure being systematically eliminated and replaced with less qualified teachers? Ask Mrs. Anderson, or a board member. I have the statement by the superintendent recorded btw.