If the 2013 referendum didn't pass, what makes you think one in 2025 will? I don't think it's going to be possible to successfully hide the fifth ward school element of why there's a bail out needed. Other reasons that might drive pushback:
-lower % of Evanston residents with D65 eligible kids using our public schools=less invested in the…
If the 2013 referendum didn't pass, what makes you think one in 2025 will? I don't think it's going to be possible to successfully hide the fifth ward school element of why there's a bail out needed. Other reasons that might drive pushback:
-lower % of Evanston residents with D65 eligible kids using our public schools=less invested in their success
-parents of current high schoolers who had a negative experience around the handling of pandemic reopening
-the most recent tax hike from our triennial reassessment was a doozy based on elevated property values, so people are even more conscious of their taxes
To your point, one of my very first posts on this blog when I started was about enrollment and the crisis of legitimacy it will create when the voters are no longer receiving the services of the public body. Especially in the Horton years, they were outright encouraging families to leave ("If you want your kid to get attention, go the private schools" Horton says)
So maybe you're right that it will be more like the 2012 referendum.
If the 2013 referendum didn't pass, what makes you think one in 2025 will? I don't think it's going to be possible to successfully hide the fifth ward school element of why there's a bail out needed. Other reasons that might drive pushback:
-lower % of Evanston residents with D65 eligible kids using our public schools=less invested in their success
-parents of current high schoolers who had a negative experience around the handling of pandemic reopening
-the most recent tax hike from our triennial reassessment was a doozy based on elevated property values, so people are even more conscious of their taxes
To your point, one of my very first posts on this blog when I started was about enrollment and the crisis of legitimacy it will create when the voters are no longer receiving the services of the public body. Especially in the Horton years, they were outright encouraging families to leave ("If you want your kid to get attention, go the private schools" Horton says)
So maybe you're right that it will be more like the 2012 referendum.