Thank you for another informative update on our school district. It just gets more and more infuriating. I vote. I voted NO in the 2017 referendum because I knew (even before Horton came) that if you give the school district more money, it is going to get abused. More money, more problems, and here we are. I vote for alternative candidat…
Thank you for another informative update on our school district. It just gets more and more infuriating. I vote. I voted NO in the 2017 referendum because I knew (even before Horton came) that if you give the school district more money, it is going to get abused. More money, more problems, and here we are. I vote for alternative candidates in school board elections but they don’t win. At this point the only thing that’s going to stop the current administration and BOE powerhouse is a full blown, January 6th style insurrection where we the people storm into the JEH building and sit at their desks and take over their jobs. But if there’s anything I learned from January 6th, it’s that you can go to jail for that; so we wouldn’t really do it, and we are powerless it seems.
They get to take our money not only in the form of taxes, but student fees. In the email from D65 today, August 7th, they joyfully let us know that we don’t need to purchase any back to school supplies because supplies are included in annual school fees, which is $50 per student if you don’t get free or reduced lunch. They did this last year too and despite paying it, both my kids’ teachers still had supply requests that they asked parents for. I do not blame the teachers at all. This simply tells me that what the district gave them didn’t meet the needs of their classroom and students. So what does the district give teachers in terms of school supplies? Why did my older child complain she never had decent markers in her classroom and bring her own from home? Do they give teachers a say in what they want or need? Do they replenish supplies for them throughout the year? Markers wear out, glue sticks get used up and things continually need to be laminated. I would love to hear from D65 teachers on this as well as find out how every penny of these school supply fees are used. If they’re going to make us pay, they need to be transparent about where the money is going. I want to see their bulk school supply orders, and I want to know what was given to which classrooms and when.
Thank you for another informative update on our school district. It just gets more and more infuriating. I vote. I voted NO in the 2017 referendum because I knew (even before Horton came) that if you give the school district more money, it is going to get abused. More money, more problems, and here we are. I vote for alternative candidates in school board elections but they don’t win. At this point the only thing that’s going to stop the current administration and BOE powerhouse is a full blown, January 6th style insurrection where we the people storm into the JEH building and sit at their desks and take over their jobs. But if there’s anything I learned from January 6th, it’s that you can go to jail for that; so we wouldn’t really do it, and we are powerless it seems.
They get to take our money not only in the form of taxes, but student fees. In the email from D65 today, August 7th, they joyfully let us know that we don’t need to purchase any back to school supplies because supplies are included in annual school fees, which is $50 per student if you don’t get free or reduced lunch. They did this last year too and despite paying it, both my kids’ teachers still had supply requests that they asked parents for. I do not blame the teachers at all. This simply tells me that what the district gave them didn’t meet the needs of their classroom and students. So what does the district give teachers in terms of school supplies? Why did my older child complain she never had decent markers in her classroom and bring her own from home? Do they give teachers a say in what they want or need? Do they replenish supplies for them throughout the year? Markers wear out, glue sticks get used up and things continually need to be laminated. I would love to hear from D65 teachers on this as well as find out how every penny of these school supply fees are used. If they’re going to make us pay, they need to be transparent about where the money is going. I want to see their bulk school supply orders, and I want to know what was given to which classrooms and when.