[Winona Online Democracy] I strongly support educational reform but I'm very concerned about vouchers.
Maybe there's a plan that might be fair and effective but I haven't seen one yet. When it comes to supporting and improving schools... We need both: 1. Adequate funding of all schools first and foremost 2. Educational innovation and reform You can't do the second without the first. Reform without funding is folly. Anyone who thinks schools are adequately funded is easily fooled. Dwayne Voegeli October 13, 2004 ------ > >[Winona Online Democracy] > > >Well, Terry, we no longer have Ridgeway or Dakota, so that is two fewer >schools than we had previously and it did not solve the district's >financial woes--both expenses and revenues were lost as a result of the >district closing these schools. Closing schools only seems to work if the >families continue to send their children to school within the district and >the district retains the per pupil funds for those students. I admit this >is a gross oversimplification. > >I think the challenge now is to create a sense of good will with the >families who have school age children by being willing to meet their needs >in addition to the desire of families with no children in the district to >save on their tax bills. > >I know it is not a popular idea, but I think consideration of education >vouchers--not necessarily for the entire per pupil funding amount, but a >portion--for all school age children within the geographic boundaries of >the district, would eliminate the devisiveness between the families with >children who value choices in education. Our numbers have grown as result >of the school closings in the outlying areas of the district. Food for >thought. > >Kathy Seifert >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Terry Angst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "online democracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:09 PM >Subject: [Winona] referendum > > >> [Winona Online Democracy] >> >> In the past few years, I thought we had pretty much agreed we had too >> many elementary schools. I'm hearing lots of information about the >> referendum but nothing about our surplus of schools. Did we get a lot >> more kids somewhere or has the issue been put on the back burner? >> >> Terry Angst >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy >> All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. >> No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. >> To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit >> http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona >> Any problems or suggestions can be directed to >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact >>page at >> http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org >> ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> ><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, Terry, we no longer have Ridgeway or >Dakota, >so that is two fewer schools than we had previously and it did not solve the >district's financial woes--both expenses and revenues were lost as a result of >the district closing these schools. Closing schools only seems >to work if the families continue to send their children to school within >the district and the district retains the per pupil funds for those >students. I admit this is a gross oversimplification.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the challenge now is to create a sense of >good will with the families who have school age children by being willing to >meet their <EM>needs</EM> in addition to the <EM>desire</EM> of families >with no >children in the district to save on their tax bills.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know it is not a popular idea, but I think >consideration of education vouchers--not necessarily for the entire per pupil >funding amount, but a portion--for all school age children within the >geographic >boundaries of the district, would eliminate the devisiveness between the >families with children who value choices in education. Our numbers have >grown as result of the school closings in the outlying areas of the >district. Food for thought.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kathy Seifert</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Terry Angst" <</FONT><A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><FONT face=Arial >size=2>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "online democracy" <</FONT><A >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><FONT face=Arial >size=2>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:09 >PM</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [Winona] referendum</FONT></DIV></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2>> [Winona Online Democracy]<BR>> <BR>> In the past few >years, I >thought we had pretty much agreed we had too <BR>> many elementary >schools. I'm hearing lots of information about the <BR>> >referendum but nothing about our surplus of schools. Did we get a lot <BR>> >more kids somewhere or has the issue been put on the back burner?<BR>> ><BR>> Terry Angst<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> >_______________________________________________<BR>> This message was >posted >to Winona Online Democracy<BR>> All messages must be signed by the senders >actual name.<BR>> No commercial solicitations are allowed on this >list.<BR>> To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please >visit<BR>> </FONT><A >href="http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona";><FONT face=Arial >size=2>http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona</FONT></A><BR><FONT >face=Arial size=2>> Any problems or suggestions can be directed to <BR>> ></FONT><A href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><FONT face=Arial >size=2>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> ><BR>> If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the >Contact >page at<BR>> </FONT><A >href="http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org";><FONT >face=Arial size=2>http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT >face=Arial size=2>></FONT></BODY></HTML> > >_______________________________________________ >This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy >All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. >No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. >To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit >http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona >Any problems or suggestions can be directed to >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at > http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org > ------------ Dwayne Voegeli Winona County Commissioner (507) 453-9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 359 Pleasant Hill Dr. Winona, MN 55987 ------------ _______________________________________________ This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. 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