Many people are very wary of entrusting the school board and administration with a massive $191M of taxpayer funds, especially given their poor record of accountability to the public. The administration and the “One Community, One Bond” campaign would like you to believe that if the bond vote does not pass in this election, our schoolchildren will suffer without air conditioning in crowded schools. This is simply not true.
What will happen if the school bond vote fails?
The failure of this oversized $191M bond does not mean that our schools will go without desperately needed funding. It simply means that the school board will have to go back and do what they should have done in the first place: to meet their obligation as elected representatives of the community to prioritize the needs of the school district. They will have to propose a much more reasonable bond of around $50M to $75M that will address the highest priority needs for the schools over the next few years. Then, in six months or a year, the community will vote again on this better plan, which will necessarily have to take into account both the public interest and a prioritization of needs, and the schools will indeed get the funding needed for our school district to move forward with a plan of reasonable cost that addresses those needs.
So do not feel bad about voting against this oversized school bond that funds many projects that are simply hard to justify, burdening our community with a massive public debt and eliminating any need for the school board or administration to remain accountable to the wishes of the community. Vote NO to tell the school board to send us a better plan.
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