your comments responded to: part 2

There are a lot of comments to get through, so this posting is another group from Megan Gildow's article of February 26, 2010 titled: "Northeastern has 'energizing' debate about bond issue failures"


"still No. Mobilize people, just like the last time. My kids love SV Elementary. Old or not. Someday it can be re-modeled or a new scholl built on the site. Now is not the time."
Ray
10:01 AM, 2/26/2010

Ray: you are correct. Now may not be the time, however, if we can get it done on less money, now may be the only time for someone else to help pay. Eventually we will need to do something with SV, Northridge, Northeastern, Rolling Hills and eventually Kenton Ridge buildings, at which time it will cost us the whole amount.



"It disappoints me that the community makes decisions without actually SEEING the situations. How many of you have ACTUALLY SEEN the buildings? AND IF ANY OF YOU HAD BEEN TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT IT WILL COST MORE TO REMODEL THAN REBUILD!!!! As a former student, I went to all of the board meetings and the only people there were teachers and administration. Please get more involved in the education system. If we had more community support, our district could be great."
HB
10:06 AM, 2/26/2010

HB: AMEN! Couldn't have said it better. Thank you



"NS.
1. Then vote the school board out!
2. Agreed!
3. Cheaper to do this now than later!
4. Sure, lets keep putting band-aids on the problems.
5. I cannot comment on other people's financial situations, all I know is that my wife and I are already making sacrifices, and we plan on making more if this gets passed.
6. Kids CAN learn anywhere, but the good teachers will go where they can do there job the best, and sorry to say, NELSD facilities are not it."
bc
10:09 AM, 2/26/2010
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bc: I know you are responding to NS, and I concur with your responses. I am especially intrigued with #6 because you bring up a great thought. Yes, with new schools being build in Northwestern, Tecumseh, and other districts in the area, it will be a matter of time that our fine teachers will be looking at these district as better opportunities to educate children. We could lose our brightest and best.



"Actually it isn't completely hogwash. You have to have space for the same about children and same teachers. The money is used to build buildings not maintain them, so you need the same square footage, plus you need to buy more land to put them on. So the cost of building is the same, maybe the cost of maintaining them might be less, not sure. If not convinced then come to the meeting and ask about it."
John
10:23 AM, 2/26/2010
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John: good points that need to be discussed again. These were definitely issues that the board looked at before arriving at the 2 campus arrangement.



"Appreciate the good dialoge!! Agree would be really great if SV school could be kept in SV. Still unsure of 2 high school thing, don't know enough yet."
good dialoge
10:34 AM, 2/26/2010
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good dialogue: I agree that we are seeing very good comments and statements so far. I also feel retaining a building in SV will go a long way to getting support for the levy, although there is a down side, but we can overcome that. It is important to ask questions about the 2 campus arrangement vs 1 high school. Don't take our words for one over the other, do your own research and we can share ideas.



"I was at the meeting last night. I took some time to speak with the students I was sitting beside, and I realized something. They have a lot to say, but don't feel like people are listening and therefore many of them are not speaking up. Last night, a few did and it was wonderful. I hope that continues at the next meeting. And that more parents who should be concerned about what is going on show up and be a part of the process."
Terra Crable
10:45 AM, 2/26/2010
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Terra: thank you for this comment. I too was pleased to hear the students question some of those adults who spoke, and to the students who defended why they were here on open enrollment. We have invited the students from NE and KR to be at the meeting on the 18th and express their views. Even though they will not enjoy the benefits of new buildings for their education, it will be their children who will benefit. New schools will also encourage our graduates to come back and reside in the district.


"John,
It was snuck under the radar. I barely heard anything about it and I, my husband and kids are all alumni, and have lived in this district for 30 years. You’d think we’d have gotten something in the mail, seen signs, or SOMETHING. If you had kids in school you knew about it…. If you didn’t, they didn’t want you to."
NS
11:33 AM, 2/26/2010
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NS: I know you are replying to John, however, it was not a "stealth campaign". We were in the paper, information was all over our website, we had people at school events, we published "The Communicator" our district newsletter. You are right about no signs. We didn't have the funds to purchase new signs. We were able to produce a DVD that was sent to all parents and was also on the main page of our website.



"I gotta tell you one thing that makes me laugh about all of this is we have folks that continually keep saying it would cost more to repair the schools then rebuild. The funny thing is that they were not saying this when trying to get the levy approved for school repairs. Which we the voters approved. Where is this money going now? So I guess that money was no help after all. These people will tell you anything to get what they want. Who knows what to believe."
ezd
11:38 AM, 2/26/2010
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ezd: Where to begin. The money we received for Permanent Improvement Levys went for permanent improvement items. In my 16 years on the board I can tell you that the levies passed for permanent improvements went exactly for what we said the money would be used for. I hope you have a specific example of where we didn't use the funds for what we said we would. Otherwise this comment is just a comment without verification. I would encourage you to attend the next meeting on the 18th or any of our board meetings that are held on the 4th Thursday of the month. Ask the question, and we will give you the truth. Then you will know what to believe.



"People who complain there should be belt tightening....do you even have specific examples of overspending or are you just speculating? We have to put our faith in our school board leaders and let them make the educated decisions we as community members know far too little about. Why not have our children learning in state of the art facilities? You probably have a state of the art television in your home or a high priced cell phone plan. Someone paid to build schools for us, let's return it."
gf
11:45 AM, 2/26/2010
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gf: thank you for your comment. Generalized statements are easy to make but difficult to explain when asked the specifics. School board members must be in positions of trust or else they should be removed.