Anybody who takes a walk around our School District facilities can see that many of our schools need renewal.
The larger issue is that our District has a long history of not properly maintaining our schools. Either because the state doesn’t adequately fund school districts to maintain their facilities or, if the monies are given, they are siphoned off, spent on other than the state’s intended use.
Every 10 to 12 years, the District asks the community to make up for its own lack of maintaining the architectural component needed for a good education.
Multi-Million Dollar Band-Aid
The temporary problem is, our schools need to be fixed. But that is not the major underlying issue fiscally haunting our community. It is the lack of maintenance that forces the community to come to the rescue.
Fundamental Changes?
Will the School Board take on this issue or choose to continue the slipshod tradition of asking homeowners for their hard-earned money?
Never-Ending Story
If this is not addressed before passing the next 25-year bonded band-aid, history shows the District will keep coming back. This, even before our first bond, Measure T, is paid off 20 years from now.
Before our community considers the Board’s latest fix, we should have guarantees that henceforth, the CCUSD will be maintaining its facilities.
If the District administration doesn’t give a guarantee, it is time to…
Just say No!
Mr. Laase may be contacted at GMLaase@aol.com
