[Vision2020] Building housing creates children?

[Donovan Arnold]

---keely emerine mix wrote:

"The addition of new single-family houses on the east
and north sides of town almost assuredly will lead to
an increase in student enrollment."

The building of single family housing units creates
children? WOW! That is not what I learned in biology
class. 

Donovan J Arnold 



> For all it's worth, MSMSD'snrollment has stabilized
> and is, in fact, 
> increasing.  The addition of new single-family
> houses on the east and north 
> sides of town almost assuredly will lead to an
> increase in student 
> enrollment.  Further, I don't think for a moment
> that our City Council is 
> against parochial schools.  Beyond that, we should
> be grateful that the levy 
> in Boundary School District passed, because a threat
> to public education 
> anywhere in the U.S. is a threat to all public
> education.
> 
> Kind of in the same way that weaving threads of
> inaccurate, ill-informed 
> argument threatens the entire tapestry . . .
> 
> kekeely> 
> From: Donovan Arnold <dodonovanjarnold05 at yahoo.com>
> To: Art Deco <deco at momoscowom>, Vision 2020
> <vision2020 at momoscowom>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fortunately Phil Roderick
> and his Allies were 
> Wrong
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:33:03 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Wayne,
> 
> Did you actually read the articles you posted? The
> Boundary School District levy was less than what the
> previous levy was. Therefore it was a tax cut. That
> is
> why it was approved.
> 
> MSMSDas had a significant decrease in student
> population (over 10%)and an increase in property tax
> revenues with the increasing value of homes in
> Moscow.
> We would have even less students in our public
> school
> district it the Moscow City Council would be more
> friendly to parochial schools.
> 
> This has never been about, or ever will be about
> "saying 'Yes' for kids". It is always about
> affordability and responsible use of taxpayer
> monies.
> 
> To believe that caring about education for children
> is
> a conservative, liberal, or moderate agenda ONLY is
> ignorant. Everyone in this city that I have ever met
> cares about the future of the children in our
> community.
> 
> Donovan J Arnold
> 
> 
> --- Art Deco <deco at momoscowom> wrote:
> 
>  > Phil, etetlal
>  >
>  > On May 4, 2005 you wrote the following about the
>  > Boundary County School District:
>  >
>  > This is what happens when a brand new high school
> is
>  > built and no money to maintain it. O & M money.
> Keep
>  > in mind this is the second time this bond has
> come
>  > up. It will fail again.
>  >
>  > If our School District and Trustees were doing
> their
>  > job properly and did a simple 10% cut back of
>  > expenditures and overhead, we would have the
> dollars
>  > to build a brand new high school and for it to
> run
>  > and do repairs on the elementary schools.
>  >
>
------------------------------------------------------------
>  >
>  >
>  > Boundary County identifies cuts if school levy
> vote
>  > doesn't pass
>  >
>  > >From staff reports
>  > May 4, 2005
>  >
>  > Boundary County's School Board has approved a
> list
>  > of cuts to be made if voters reject a
> second-attempt
>  > Maintenance and Operations Levy on May 31.
>  >
>  > The proposed levy, which would collect $799,700 a
>  > year for two years, is about $185,000 less
> annually
>  > than the levy expiring this spring....
>  >
>  >
>  > Sorry Phil, see the news article posted below.
>  >
>  > Despite the fact that Boundary County is far, far
>  > more impoverished and contains a much high
>  > percentage of ultra-right wing and/or religious
>  > crackpots than the Moscow School District,
> Boundary
>  > County citizens again ponied up to keep the
> future
>  > of their children brighter.  Although the
> district
>  > will be forced into a four day school week, the
>  > system will still be able to provide a basic,
>  > enriching,
> giving-hope-to-those-who-wish-to-succeed
>  > education.
>  >
>  > I attended Boundary schools from the fourth grade
>  > through high school.  My family was on the
> extreme
>  > lower edge of poverty.  I am very, very grateful
> to
>  > the Boundary County citizens who sacrificed
> greatly
>  > so that many of us were able to climb out of the
>  > abyss of extreme poverty.  I know that many of my
>  > former classmates feel the same way toward their
>  > benefactors.  About 60% of my high school
> graduating
>  > class went on to college or other educational
>  > institutions.
>  >
>  >
>  > Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
>  > deco at momoscowom
>  >
>  >
>  > _______________________________________________
>  >
>  > >From The Spokesman-Review, June 1, 2005
>  >
>  > Boundary voters pass school levy, avert cuts
>  > Measure saves extracurricular activities, but
>  > four-day week stays
>  >             Saved
>  >             The vote likely rescued Naples
>  > Elementary from closure.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Taryn BrBrodwater>  > Staff writer
>  > June 1, 2005
>  >
>  > "Vote Yes for Kids" was the message levy
> supporters
>  > carried as they walked the KoKootenaiiver bridge
> in
>  > BoBonnerserry on Tuesday.
>  >
>  > Voters in the Boundary County School District
> took
>  > heed.
>  >
>  > A last-ditch effort to save everything from
>  > extracurricular activities to a small, rural
>  > elementary school was met with success. A
>  > supplemental, two-year levy was approved with 57
>  > percent of the vote Tuesday, sparing the district
>  > from bone-deep budget cuts. The vote was 2,003 in
>  > favor and 1,494 against, said district board
>  > chairman Tina Wilson.
>  >
>  >
>  > "We are proud of our community for stepping up to
>  > the plate," Wilson said. "Everybody was working
>  > together."
>  >
>  > The levy failed by 82 votes when put before
> voters
>  > on March 29. Board members, who initially had
> said
>  > there wouldn't be a second try, relented, rather
>  > than make the deep cuts.
>  >
>  > The supplemental maintenance and operations levy
>  > will collect $799,700 a year for the next two
> years.
>  > The owner of a home with $100,000 taxable value
> will
>  > pay about $149.51 a year - a reduction of $34.64
>  > from the expiring levy.
>  >
>  > Because $185,000 less is being collected each
> year
> 
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