1 Editor,
What is going on with the School Board for BISD?! I read with great dismay about the board’s approval to spend $1.2 million for new tennis courts at BHS. I know the current facility for the tennis team may not be the best, but in this economy, is it wise to deplete our fund balance?
Just because there is “$3.1 million set aside for construction costs” is it necessary to spend it? Henry Gideon is quoted as saying “While the courts at Tahitian have served us well, it’s just not as practical as having them on campus.” What’s next? If it’s not “as practical” for our athletes to use facilities off campus, should our board vote to use the remainder of the fund balance construction allocation to construct a golf course on campus for the golf team? I’m sure they would appreciate not having to travel to improve their golf game.
Taxpayers in our district need to vote for school board candidates who are fiscally responsible. Our district is growing, and with growth, there’s a need for more campuses and upgrades to existing campuses. If the construction allocation is spent on athletic facilities, where will the money come from to make other necessary upgrades to our campuses? Will we have to have a new bond election – which raises our taxes – to make these necessary changes?
The decision about the tennis courts has already been approved – with very little input, if any, from the taxpayers. I encourage all taxpayers to become more involved with what our school board is doing and use your voice at election time to choose candidates who are “forward-thinkers” and will manage our hard-earned money more wisely.
Jenna Seymour
Bastrop
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Thursday, February 9, 2012 |
The BISD school board is not out of control, it is we the taxpayer who have LOST CONTROL. We have little control of what any of our elected and unelected misfits do. This is the case from the Federal government to the local government. The difference is that locally we can get our “hands” on these local officials, vote them out of office OR impeach them. The American economy is not going to get better….period. I say this because there has been no effort to return OUR jobs back to the USA from China. Next school board election vote them all out of office…….make new candidates sign pledges not to spend any additional funds unless there is a bona fide emergency. Tell you County Commissioners NO to any effort by ACC to install yet another tax on this community. We don’t work for them, but they sure act like it. They treat us like we have bottomless bank accounts just waiting to give and give them what they think is best for us.
We have to wake up and show these people who they work for, who pays their salary.