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Jun
30
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 30 June 2006 |
I'm glad school is over! I know, it's the kids who are supposed to be glad, not the grownups. But I'm still glad, because I think our whole family was ready for a break. It's great to have them around during the day, that is when their busy schedules don't take them out and about. And I think they are enjoying staying up late and sleeping in.
What with capital projects and the school budget saga, gaining a superintendent and losing a principal, this has been a traumatic school year for the grownups. It seems like the ones who became involved had more and more homework, and Board of Education members certainly felt a lot of frustration and disappointment in their already thankless (and payless) jobs.
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Jun
23
2006
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Donna Prybyl
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Friday, 23 June 2006 |
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Thanks for being the first out with the School Budget vote results! It was so easy to log on to the Lansing Star this evening and find the the results...No more waiting for the morning newspaper! Hurrah for the Lansing Star! Keep up the good work! From: Donna Prybyl
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Jun
23
2006
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 23 June 2006 |
I hate covering the Lansing Schools Capital Project Facilities group. Tension runs high and productivity generally runs low. Animosity is obvious and omnipresent. It's what stand-up comedians call 'a tough room.' My sense of it is that it's a fairly accurate microcosm of Lansing at the moment. One side is deeply suspicious of tax increases and spending, with some residents wanting to stop tax rises of any kind at any cost. The other side sees a real need for spending, feeling it is worth it to alleviate over-crowding and unsafe conditions in the schools.
School officials will do well to keep this in mind as they go forward from Tuesday's vote. I have heard some people marvel at the 706-413 vote, saying that it was an overwhelming victory. That voter turnout makes the difference and most people support the budget. But what I'm hearing people say is that the budget was a lousy one that was too high because it was trying to please everyone -- and pleased no one. Many people voted for it because they were afraid of the alternative and what it would do to the community.
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Jun
16
2006
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John C. Comisi, D.D.S.
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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I read the editorial regarding the Lansing School Budget, and would like to make a few comments. I had the chance to attend Tuesday's Special Board of Education meeting. I listened to Superintendent Mark Lewis and various members of the community speak on this issue. I agree that we do have a problem with ever increasing taxes, and many of the speakers made excellent points about needed changes to the way things are done.
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Jun
16
2006
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Mike Cheatham
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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The original defeated school budget for the 2006/2007 school year proposed by the Lansing Board of Education (LBOE) was $21,553,679. On Tuesday June 20, 2006 the board and administration are proposing a budget to the voters showing a reduction of the original budget by over $185,000 through cuts in supplies, material, new staff positions, and optional BOCES programs. If this budget does not pass we must by law go to contingency. This means additional reductions in excess of $355,000 are required. The total reduction based on State Education Department formulas would total over $540,000 from the original budget. They would, by necessity, take the form of cuts in staff positions, interscholastic athletics, non-mandatory bus runs, staff and curriculum development, and technology. The musicals and drama productions at the HS and MS would be considered with all the extra-curricular activities, just like interscholastic sports. Some of the art and music classes are required by SED; per Mark Lewis a high school student must have 1 art/music credit to graduate and a middle school student must have 1/2 year each of art and music.
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