THE PONTIAC SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW WANT’S TO GUT THE CASH COW

The Pontiac School District continues to astound me.  They hold illegal, closed meetings without notifying the public what is being discussed and never reporting what the outcome of their secret meeting was, flying in the face of The Open Meetings Act.  They don’t even pretend that the residents of the School District should be aware of what they’re doing.  They have no clue how to conduct a public meeting and heaven forbid you want to find out what discussion there was about any agenda item at a meeting because it won’t be in the minutes. At a regular meeting in October 2015, they approved selling two properties for $1.4 million, for a total of approximately $4 million just this year. That’s over half of what they are seeking in a sinking fund.  You have to ask yourself, what buildings have they fixed with their new found money and how much more of their ineptitude do the tax payers have to pay for?  On March 8, 2016 the tax payers are going to be asked to approve two millage proposals totaling 21.37 mills. For me, as an example that’s $3033.00 a year. What do I get? A school district ranked 623^th out of 630 in the state.

The children of my school district deserve better.  The tax payers need to cut the head off the snake by stopping their funding and insisting on a reorganization --VOTE “NO” MARCH 8^TH.

NOTE: The 18.5 mills is for non-homestead properties.