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Tim's avatar

I never thought I might vote against school funding, but until the Board roster substantially changes it is hard to justify giving them more money.

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Angela's avatar

Even if the board changes it’s a bad idea to put good money after bad.

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KT's avatar

Can we create a separate account for the funding with the stipulation that it only be used to pay teachers and school support staff? Because if it's not that then I'm not voting for it.

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Tom Hayden's avatar

Yes they absolutely can and would pass a resolution directing the spend. But .. they did this in 2017 and the board is in violation of it and 🤷

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Frustrated's avatar

Exactly. They aren't following the resolution from the 2017 referendum, why would we trust them with more money?! I am planning to vote a hard no unless something drastically changes.

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Tom Hayden's avatar

Yea I am not going to be out there shilling for it unless it has some real tight governance and doesn’t just get burned hiring more admins

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Pablo's avatar

We do need to hire a Deputy Director for the Tom Hayden School of Jazz...

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Angelique's avatar

It’s almost like the ESSER funds in excess of $10 million they received during Covid, that was supposed to be used for student learning-loss,

after school initiatives, technology, summer enrichment, health and safety yet Horton used it for security and pet projects and the board never questioned any of it.

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Retired 65's avatar

I think the ESSER funds is the biggest scandal as far as finances go; they can start their audit by finding out what that money was used for.

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