It's All About The Money - What's In It For You?

In a prior post we discussed “What’s in it” for Dr. Wallace. We can assume “What’s in it” for Teachers and Students revolves more around added convenience and amenities as described in the Wight ‘Plan.” The important question for each of us as Taxpayers is “What’s in it” for us?

Why should we buy into this added tax burden?

Dr. Wallace and crew are spending a lot of our money on PR and using a great deal of their taxpayer-funded-time, to sell what should be obvious to all of us, assuming it was such a good deal - for taxpayers.

Before the Referendum process is done, taxpayers can expect the District to have spent close to half a million bucks on hawking a “Citizen Task Force” wish list, hiring a $150,000+ PR maven and on other Referendum related consulting contracts. Half mil that didn’t move D207 one inch closer toward a better educated student body. 

Because they squandered the opportunity that money offered, no new teachers were added. No new books or additional computers purchased. Nothing was added to increase the academic performance of the organization.

Make no mistake, this referendum will not and I repeat, will not, guarantee better academic performance. If Dr. Wallace thought he could sell the Referendum on that basis, he’d have stressed that benefit long ago. 

So why do it? 

Over the past few years, D207’s Board and Superintendent failed to spend $45 million dollars of withheld money on making our schools "safer", and on previously defined maintenance issues, including asbestos abatement. And now, instead of putting their noses to the metaphysical grindstone, D207 leaders are engaging in one of the oldest sales practices around. Create the problem, upset the public, sell the solution.

In the end, all the referendum will accomplish is shift the facility maintenance and upgrade burden from the general budgets (revenue stream) to the Referendums (revenue stream), leaving more money in the general budget for other things.

We already know what those other things include. 

WE  ALREADY  KNOW  WHAT'S  IN  IT  FOR  THEM !

 

Question is, what’s in it for you?