Medinah Superintendent Speaks Out on Referendum
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As he has since Medinah's last failed building referendum in November, Medinah Superintendent Dr. Joseph Bailey continues to plead his case. Today at the polls, Medinah seeks the funds ($8 million, to be exact) to close one school and revamp two others in its family of three small buildings. A group of parent supporters, called Now Is The Time, has launched this website complete with informational links, photos, facts, and figures. I have to say, in the sixteen years I've...
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Bumsteer said:
Nicely done.
Jackie Tithof Steere said:
Thank you, you bum. ;)
airxson said:
i've been personally looking into their maintenance contracts at medinah dist 11 and there is something definitely ary. no-bid contracts have been renewed for years & years without competitive bidding. the tax-payers have been shelling out money for private contractors' health insurance & salary increases, just to name a few. i'm just starting to scratch the surface of it, but i intend to blow the lid off it.
Jackie Tithof Steere said:
Interesting. Let us know what you discover. When you say "the tax-payers have been shelling out money for private contractors' health insurance & salary increases," I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying the district has been paying increased prices for services provided that include increases in the costs to run a business (i.e. increased health insurance, etc.)? If so, seems businesses pass off their increases to customers all the time. Nothing new there.
airxson said:
this is very different as to what i'm finding. will let you know, as well as everyone else in the district and state as to my findings. it's not good though
Jackie Tithof Steere said:
Will be waiting. Thanks.
kirby said:
OK, I know I'm late to the party, but I can't seem to stay on your subscriber list, and just saw this one. There is a side effect to not passing referendums. At least there was for us. When the referendum wasn't passed about 7 or 8 years ago, that's when we decided to move. I wanted my kids to grow up with art, music and gym on a regular basis. I like the enormous amounts of technology that they're exposed to -- that they wouldn't be otherwise.
This one seems to be more for maintenance, which really wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. I don't think we'd worry about moving if things were falling apart a bit. My kid's current primary school is where our neighbor went when she was a kid and she's in her 80s.
So I agree with your indecisiveness Jackie - it's easy to give an automatic yes or no. Hard to look at all the consequences. So what happened?
Jackie Tithof Steere said:
I have that problem with some blogs, too, and when I try to resubscribe, I'm told "That record already exists." Argh.
Anyway, the referendum did not pass. The no votes outnumbered the yeses by an even greater percentage than the first round.
I totally understand your reasons for moving. I only wish my attempt had been successful. That said there are a lot of perks to the small schools: the kids get plenty of attention and parents always hear about what's going wrong in class. All the teachers know every kid in the school and can compare notes, which can be helpful and I don't think that's something that goes on at the bigger schools.
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