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Published Friday, July 18, 2008 | 10:56 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 | 10:15 a.m.
The Clark County School Board voted unanimously this morning to postpone its $9.5 billion capital campaign, which would have gone to voters in November.
The vote was 6-0, with School Board member Shirley Barber absent.
The decision to postpone the bond measure came in the wake of enrollment predictions that were lower than had been expected earlier this year. Coupled with the state's grim fiscal outlook, the timing wasn't right, said Clark County School Board President Mary Beth Scow.
Instead, the district plans to continue issuing short-term bonds through an extension of the 1998 capital improvement program. That will raise about $200 million annually, enough to move forward with the 23 new and replacement schools that have already been scheduled.
The district now expects to go back to voters in 2010.
The district voted to postpone the bond issue not because of some enlightened thinking on their part but because of tremendous pressure from citizen-taxpayers that voiced their concerns directly to the district by mail, e-mail and phone calls.
They were running scared that the public's disatisfaction with math test scores, declining graduation rate, continual loss of veteran teachers and harassment of teachers would result in a disasterous negative vote. And, guess what? They were right.
Walt Rulffes must be replaced NOW because he continues to enlarge administrative posts while planning to fire teachers and enlarge class size. Where is his concern for the children?
Our students need more certified teachers, not administrators; students need textbooks not adminstrators. Both can be accomplished if and when 40-50% of all district administrators are fired and every building administrator, specialist, consultant, dean, counselor and librarian becomes a teacher for 1-2 periods per day.
The truth has been spoken vsestini.
I wish it could come to reality.