I’m not sure I will rest easy until all Horton-era admin and BOE are gone. Then we will have to pick up the pieces and figure out where the money is going to come from. I’ll tell you what: I will fight tooth and nail against any referendum looking for more money from taxpayers. This district squandered funds. It’s time to live lean and w…
I’m not sure I will rest easy until all Horton-era admin and BOE are gone. Then we will have to pick up the pieces and figure out where the money is going to come from. I’ll tell you what: I will fight tooth and nail against any referendum looking for more money from taxpayers. This district squandered funds. It’s time to live lean and within the means. No more handouts. I suggest they start renting out the new school for events on weekends to make some money. Maybe have a garage sale. It’s going to be ugly, but that’s what we get when we don’t pay attention and we don’t vote.
Also, it's wild to talk about how the district can find money - we have a lot of money! The district has a $150m annual budget to educate 6000 kids. That's about $25k per head .. most Districts around America would kill for that kind of funding..
Fun fact: the original drawings for the fifth ward school, done by an external consultant before it landed on Horton's desk included a fieldhouse as part of Fleetwood-Jourdain that would be rentable as a revenue source on weekends. It was actually one of the things that made the finances work. By Aug 2021, Horton completely threw that out of the designs and instead just elected to cite the $3m bus savings.
I know you're a fifth ward resident and it probably would've been nice to have a brand new field house...
Hey guys just a heads up - I might delete these two posts (not trying to piss you off!) but I don't like having individuals named without having specific evidence presented and a chance for the individual to rebut.
I’m not sure I will rest easy until all Horton-era admin and BOE are gone. Then we will have to pick up the pieces and figure out where the money is going to come from. I’ll tell you what: I will fight tooth and nail against any referendum looking for more money from taxpayers. This district squandered funds. It’s time to live lean and within the means. No more handouts. I suggest they start renting out the new school for events on weekends to make some money. Maybe have a garage sale. It’s going to be ugly, but that’s what we get when we don’t pay attention and we don’t vote.
Also, it's wild to talk about how the district can find money - we have a lot of money! The district has a $150m annual budget to educate 6000 kids. That's about $25k per head .. most Districts around America would kill for that kind of funding..
Fun fact: the original drawings for the fifth ward school, done by an external consultant before it landed on Horton's desk included a fieldhouse as part of Fleetwood-Jourdain that would be rentable as a revenue source on weekends. It was actually one of the things that made the finances work. By Aug 2021, Horton completely threw that out of the designs and instead just elected to cite the $3m bus savings.
I know you're a fifth ward resident and it probably would've been nice to have a brand new field house...
I would rather have none of it and no major hole in my pocket. But yeah, we need something to air bnb to pay for this.
Hey guys just a heads up - I might delete these two posts (not trying to piss you off!) but I don't like having individuals named without having specific evidence presented and a chance for the individual to rebut.
I know, I just dont like airing things about private citizens without giving them a chance to rebut
You can’t delete our emotional labor or silence us, Tom. We need to speak our truths. (I was just reminded I should have written that IN ALL CAPS.)