I don't like tax increases but...

I do believe in education of our kids and the better the education the better the kids turn out. If we want our kids to succeed then we need to give them to tools to succeed. When they are in a HS that is over crowded and ther intermediate school is also over crowded and so forth it is time for change. Our current HS was built over 100 years ago and when I graduated 10 years ago (yes it doesn't seem that long ago but...back to my blog) it was pretty crowded and also much of it is out of date. They don't have room to build on without taking out the Durant Dixon Park (also better known as Northside Park or Rocket Park). They need a new place that they can improve and have updated stuff. With the improvements our kids can get a better education.

Currently they are proposing to build a new HS which will cost a total of $41 mil and though it looks like a lot of money and is a lot of money I believe it is actually a good price. The school will be bigger they are planning on puttin state of the art equipment and labs. and with the cost of everything rising this is a very good price. Yes that does mean a tax increase to pay for it and we all HATE tax increases but look at it as putting your child first. If you teach your child and make sure they are getting the benefits they need to succeed then they are more like to succeed than anything else. It is not like they are asking you to pay for this new school in 5 years they are proposing a 1% sales tax increase over a 25 year period to pay off the HS.

By building the new HS they can give the kids more room. They can upate the HS if needed to move the intermediate school or the JR High into once it is fixed up as needed so that they can get out of the over crowding they are in.

When this story was on our local news station KXII earlier this week, people are given a chance to comment and some of those comments is what has set me off.

When comments are made that we should spend the money on our jail (which yes need improvements but...) the comment said that, that is where a lot of the kids will end up anyway. It is not the education that sends them there but the choices they make. If we teach them better they are going to make better choices!

Also why not send them to Votech for Lab but ok that is 10 min away and a bus trip extra and did you know that in grade school for the kids to go on ANY field trip they have to pay for the bus ride. They are not free except to and from school. and do you really want that much more time outside of school on a bus when they could be learning and increasing their knowledge? Don't you want to make something out of our future leaders...May not be the leaders of our country but who knows...they could lead Durant, Tucson, where ever they live. If they have the education they need to succeed then they will bring where ever they live to succeed as well. If you cut off and limit what they can do then their leadership will only be minimal. I want my child to succeed and other children I know to succeed. I don't want to take that chance away from them i want to help provide them with everything they need so they can be better than I am!