[Vision2020] A Feel-Good Vote

[J Ford]

Thank you Mac!

And thanks, Tom, for posting this.


J  :]





>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] A Feel-Good Vote
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:02:57 -0700
>
> >From today's (March 14, 2007) Lewiston Tribune with thanks to Mac 
>Cantrell.
>
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>A feel-good vote
>
>Did you know that Idaho is the seventh state from the bottom in public
>school funding?
>
>Yet the drop-out rate in the Moscow school district is almost 20 percent
>below the national average. Our district's kids ranked higher than the 
>state
>average in every grade tested and for every testing category in the Idaho
>Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT) last spring.
>
>This is partly because our school district has managed to keep class sizes
>reasonably small and maintain programs such as the junior high teaming
>program, which reduces discipline problems and helps students successfully
>transition from elementary school to junior high.
>
>Our district has been able to do these things because enough people in this
>town have voted for the district's supplemental spending levy in the past.
>Unfortunately, the levy never gets a raise unless we vote for one. It's for
>a constant number of dollars in an era when Mr. Inflation keeps raising the
>ante.
>
>Its been five years now since we last increased the levy amount. During 
>that
>time, the school district has needed to deal with both increased regular
>costs and increased staffing requirements. It's time to remember on March 
>27
>to save 15 minutes of your time. Vote. Then continue your day, feeling good
>that you're helping maintain a good education for every kid in this town.
>
>Mac Cantrell
>Moscow
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>Seeya at the polls on March 27th, Moscow.
>
>Tom "Restoring faith in our future by voting 'Yes'" Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>
>"I think one of the best ways to support education is to make successful
>private schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption."
>
>- Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)
>
>
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