Post in $60M School Referendum Proposal

May 15 20:21 UTC

>At 2:57 AM +1200 5/16/08, Ann Berget wrote:
>>Strib reports that MPS will seek a $60M/annual excess levy
>>referendum for 8 years, representing a doubling of the referendum
>>currently in place. Sources close to the schools say that RT will be
>  >an honorary co-chair.
>>
>  >At 10:16 AM -0500 5/15/08, Karen Cooper wrote:
>How interesting.  I participated in a very long and involved
>telephone survey about this.  The surveyor told me she was in Utah or
>someplace like that, not anywhere local.  I was asked many questions
>about different levels of referenda and what each would provide the
>district.  I was also asked to respond to a lot of possible "pitches"
>for the referendum.
>
>Ah, I see the poll mentioned in the article.
>
Connie here: What bothers me here is that the $60 million figure is
based on a telephone survey of randomly-selected people, rather than
on a rational, data-based assessment by the District of what is
needed to fund what.

I'm unimpressed. I hope the School Board anticipates questions about
that and has better answers the next time.

Connie
Como, in Southeast Minneapolis