Wednesday, May 03, 2006
District 300’s Original State Aid Projections Were Wrong on State Aid to Education
After is referendum passed, District 300 officials pointed out that its original assessed valuation projections were correct and that raising them after criticism had been a mistake.
Now that general State Aid to Education has been pegged at exactly what Governor Rod Blagojevich’s puppet State Board of Education requested—up $170 per pupil--I wonder if an admission will be made that District 300’s low-balling of state aid was a mistake.
That happened at the Algonquin Rotary Club meeting after member Gene Brown pressed District 300 finance person Cheryl Crates whether she rejected everything that District 158 school board member Larry Snow had said in his critique of District 300 projections. Here's what she said while admitting that morning that the districts state aid figures were probably low:
Now that general State Aid to Education has been pegged at exactly what Governor Rod Blagojevich’s puppet State Board of Education requested—up $170 per pupil--I wonder if an admission will be made that District 300’s low-balling of state aid was a mistake.
That happened at the Algonquin Rotary Club meeting after member Gene Brown pressed District 300 finance person Cheryl Crates whether she rejected everything that District 158 school board member Larry Snow had said in his critique of District 300 projections. Here's what she said while admitting that morning that the districts state aid figures were probably low:
I’m always interested in people’s opinion. The only thing that’s not in there is state aid (at) $170 (per pupil).The amount omitted was enough to pay for the extracurricular activities and sports that were to be removed, if the tax hike referendum failed.
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Cheryl Crates still work at D300? How long does it take to make the victory lap after winning the refferendum? She herself all but said she wanted to go back to only being a college proffesor.
And you know, she was right - forecasts are opinions. When someone with her credentials and experience does them, they are supposed to be opinions with some facts and integrity behind them....
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And you know, she was right - forecasts are opinions. When someone with her credentials and experience does them, they are supposed to be opinions with some facts and integrity behind them....
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