[Winona Online Democracy] Kelly,
This is helpful, however it is still concrete and is still not an official report that someone from the community can open up and read without either: a. make their own makeshift report from numbers like this that they have heard to be true... that have been filtered from the plethora of ramble such of this, or b. take off work and go to the superintendents office, wade through the politics of actually getting "permission" to see public documents... and by the time one has the documents of interest there is no time left to view them. On a second note, you mentioned that closing Rollingstone would be the board's next move because simply the enrollment there is down? Would it be safe to say that it would be up had Principal Davis's proposal of annexing the Woodhaven area been passed? If that school closes is the district going to sell it outright then? It seems to me that since the school is not completely paid for the district still has a significant fixed cost associated with that building. It is also hard for me to believe that the board does not see any growth potential in that school with the current developments going up on that side of Winona and the imminent division that is going to be built in Rollingstone. It also somewhat upsets me that this would be the decision after what I heard Larry told me in the 12 on Tuesday as to the reasons why say Central isn't going to be closed. Which for all intense and purpose is to merely prevent it from being chartered. Nice. Toby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Herold Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Winona] Mr. Schmidt [Winona Online Democracy] Mr. Schmidt I will attempt to answer some of your questions and or help you find information. Part of my challenge is that I have several folks that I am trying to help and by no means intend to minimize your concerns. If you could would you be so kind as to list your questions in terms of importance and enumerate them. In this way I can answer at least your most significant concerns and move from there. While I am not sure we can convince anyone to vote for the referendum if when one considers folks have a myriad of frustrations, confusion, or grudges dating back, at least from one of my constituents, to 1972. Tonight I read where one writer is angry about used desks not being reused and seemingly has sworn off SD board. I encourage her to run for the school board to help. I respect her opinion - and can only guess why old desks weren't reused. Outdated? Out of code? Cheaper to replace than repair? I cannot answer her. And if she decides to vote against the referendum on that point I can only say - she has that right. To begin - thank you for your input - it is appreciated. I feel this is an especially arduous task knowing that WOD participants are by and large seeming to vote waiting to vote no. That saddens me. While this task seems fruitless - I am encouraged to read you are willing to engage. I am relatively new to the board and so some of what you ask will require me to double check info etc. I have a relative short period to work on this other than every night, very early mornings, and week-ends. So please bear with me. A lot of this is redundant - so please bear with me on that too. The operating budget of 2.5 million is what the tax payers currently pay to run the district. The state has continued to shift the burden back to the localities. The operating budget covers copious SD obligations - like bussing, salaries, heat, lights, on and on. That 2.5 support was approved by the taxpayers and the clock on that income is almost out. Without this income the district generates something ridiculously small - like $50,000. That number is something I would have to check - but I believe it is near that - at any rate not enough to run the school. The current referendum is asking for 3.7 to cover the previously mentioned items. The jump of 1.2 million will help cover inflation, increased fuel costs, increased insurance costs and allow us to reinstate programs that have left this SD bare bones. Does this help? Please let me know and let me know what other five or so questions I can try to answer. -- Kelly Herold, PhD Associate Professor of Communication Studies Winona State University Winona, MN 55987 507 - 457 - 5242 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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. 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