Monday, February 25, 2008

Hostages?

This little tidbit from the USD259 Website was downright shocking....

"The $350 million bond issue would address many critical needs for Wichita and its students:
Additional classrooms to accommodate growth in key areas of our community and to reduce class sizes
What's new?
School projects
Bond Issue Fact Sheet
Voter Registration
Build 60 safe room storm shelters
Support the end of busing for desegregation with renovations to schools in the AAA area to provide equitable facilities
Renovates or rebuilds aging and unsafe physical education, athletic and fine arts facilities."

UNSAFE? The District Leadership is continuing to allow our children to use UNSAFE facilities? If the facilities are unsafe, they should be closed immediately. Essentially, the School Board is threatening the health of our children until this bond issue is passed.

With competent management, the capital outlay budget, 2000 bond issue, and windfall of state money should be enough to keep kids safe. Instead, the District has decided to use the safety of Wichita Children as a bargaining chip in their quest for a new bond issue.

Wichita Parents deserve a full explanation of which schools are unsafe and why the district is putting money ahead of safety.

http://www.usd259.com/news/Bond2008/default.htm

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great story, Boondoggler! Keep us informed with more reporting like this, pelase.