The school override principally funds free day kindergarten!
Federal studies show that children who attend pre-school activities have no advantages over students who do not attend pre-school activities after second or third grades, and it is a waste of money to fund these activities.
Bottom line: we are being asked to fund a babysitting service. In my days, parents paid for these services. They should pay for them now!
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Bob Depps
The school override principally funds free day kindergarten!
Federal studies show that children who attend pre-school activities have no advantages over students who do not attend pre-school activities after second or third grades, and it is a waste of money to fund these activities.
Bottom line: we are being asked to fund a babysitting service. In my days, parents paid for these services. They should pay for them now!
The bond is full of “buzzword” projects of questionable value. I wonder how many of these projects were funded in the last bond?
What really gets me is that this is a 20-year $8 million bond that is estimated to cost $4,107,000 in interest -- that is over half the principle (51 percent) that is being requested by the school.
The town bond is for $8.2 million over five years with an interest of $1.5 million -- that is only 18 percent of principle, a far more economical request! Seems like the school needs to learn how to save money.
For the above reasons, I am voting no on both the school override and bond and suggest that you also vote no.
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