By Worried DPS Parent

September 29, 2008 1:20 AM | Link to this

According to Dr. Stanic at the “meet and greet” at Cleveland Elementary on Thursday evening, the media blitz starts October 1st. Apparently they’ve been making sure they get all their ducks in a row before getting the campaign underway fully. I don’t recall the details, but there is a volunteers office somewhere downtown.

By Concerned Mom of 3

September 22, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this

Mary, I have a freshman at Stivers. My multi-handicapped son attends the Montgomery County ESC west program… Not sure what grade he is in… His twin is the freshman. I also have a third grader at Franklin Montessori.

By Mary

September 22, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

Concerned mom of 3, have any of your children reached middle school or high school yet?

By Calvin

September 21, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this

Bad news for concerned mom of 3. If your property valuation goes down that does not mean your taxes drop. The tax is relative to all other property values over the total of the taxpaying properties for that particular tax. If they went down less in value, you may pay slightly less; if they went down more, you’ll actually pay more. Most taxes are based on a dollar value as of property valuation when passed, so someone will pay the 20$ million for that year somewhere. Inside millage portions may go down. Remember you all voted for Human Services increase when they didn’t put the levy replacement and new levy in parts and just made it one—all or nothing. Hope the needy folk enjoy as the properties and businesses die out due to the high taxes. Same for the Sinclair levy; dumbest thing people have done when they need to support secondary education and they’re increasing taxes to pay college costs for people who can work to pay their own way through college prep courses at Sinclair.

By Concerned Mom of 3

September 19, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

My opinion about the school levy is not going to be a popular one here, but here goes anyway… The economy, especially in Dayton, stinks right now. The levy is going to be a hard sell- even though it is desperately needed. (Dayton has not passed an operating levy for about fifteen years. Sorry folks, but things have gotten more expensive since 1993.) The levy committee needs to get some information out soon, if they expect it to even have a chance of passing it… Some of the facts the voters may or may not be aware of… 1. The bond issue that passed about five years ago was a one time opportunity for the district to receive 60% matching funding from the State. NONE of the money from that vote can be used for operations. (I don’t think all the voters realize this. They think they just passed a levy- so why should they support another one so soon?) 2. About the quality of education DPS provides… My children are getting an awesome education through Dayton Public Schools! (Believe me, if they weren’t, we would have hit the road for the parochial schools.) My children are actually being exposed to some educational opportunities that would not be available in suburban or parochial schools. If parents expect a quality education and they get involved with their children’s education… a very high quality education is there to be had. Please, quit painting the picture that the district is a complete failure. It just isn’t true. 3. The poor test scores are a reflection of parents neglecting to meet their children’s needs. The schools can only do so much. 4. My property value was recently reduced. I will have less taxes to pay this year. The proposed levy is only 4.9 mills. The lower property taxes will make it easier for me to support the school levy. In conclusion, I choose to support the schools- even though it will cost me a little. The 4.9 mills is much more reasonable than the 15 mills that was on the ballot last year. (On a side note, my husband works for Delphi. It is probably only a matter of time before he is laid off. Just this year, I was hired to teach in Dayton. :-) I will likely be laid off if the levy fails.) I would have voted for the levy whether or not I had a vested interest in it … but I do want to keep my job. I hope you will carefully consider the consequences of a failed levy. It won’t be good for the kids of Dayton- and it won’t be good for the economy in Dayton. Please, please, please, reconsider before you vote no. A yes vote will make a difference in my life- and the lives of my children.

By Teacher

September 17, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

What a mess. Schools have no power and are in sesion. PK has no phones, computers, PA system. No way to alert staff of a lock down, or of emergency situation. We’ll pray for the best!!!

By Nicole

September 15, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this

MC, that sort of comment has no place on the blogs. To whom/what subject are to making your comment? Idle comments like that make the blog get so junky! Now, let’s talk about the levy…

By MC

September 15, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

Such ignorance…

By Concerned Taxpayer

September 15, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

DPS has already proven that throwing more money at the problem doesn’t solve anything — so why would people support this? (DPS alreadys has one of the highest per student expenditure per student and worst results in ohio) I let my dayton tenants know that if this levy passes, their rent will increase dollar for dollar of the new property taxes. Other landlords I know do the same and is quite effective — it worked last time. Until DPS learns how to use what they already have, they shouldn’t get anymore.

By Dayton Teacher

September 15, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

Old Prof, What administrators were RiFed?

By Rich

September 15, 2008 1:25 AM | Link to this

Save the money and use it to pay for more Dayton Police Officers…they need to be called every other day to handle disturbances at the bus stops in our neighborhoods that the juveniles use…what a disgrace.

By Oldprof

September 14, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

The district has just RIFed several administrators, the superintendent is interim, and the board members in aggregate have no greater energy nor resources. My take is that they’re behind compared to 2006. Whether a smaller levy total will compensate remains to be seen, but my home has declined in value 10%, so I guess it would take a 15% millage increase to give the district a net +5% from me. This is all John Husted’s fault.

By null and void

September 14, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

Let the schools die, and start anew. We will only be rewarding the same corrupt class of people who have led our urban centers into the pits of decay and despair over the last 40 years. Vote no. Over, and over, until DPS dies.