Nothing New

Looks as if we have the same state testing results we have had for the last decade or two. It also indicates that the recently built elementary schools and the new middle and high school construction hasn't helped the end results and this district has not improved at all. So much for the district taxpayer seeing reasonable expectations for their property tax increases. We can now safely say that we have gotten nothing positive for our money.

The next time this district tries to persuade you to approve their levies whether an operations, new or renewal levy, please remember what you have gotten for all the previous levies you have approved for them and stop this nonsense by turning off the money tap. Send a message that they are not performing to expectations given the money spent for lavish facilities. It hasn't gotten us nothing more than what we had before all the new buildings were built.

Vote no on all monetary support for the Middletown schools. It has been proven they are bottom feeders when compared to other area school districts. Lowest scores in the area and lowest graduation rates around. They have not honored their commitment to improve the results after we approved their fancy new schools. They have had more than enough time to improve the situation. They simply are pathetic. That is a fact.

Just bothers me that over 80% of our property taxes are going toward a decades old failing, bottom dwelling school district. Don't like our money spent on losing programs in education AND sports. It has always bothered me that the citizens of this town haven't gotten their money's worth for over two decades. It has also been frustrating for me to see the taxpayers constantly voting for levies. Why, given the end result? I also am angered by the apparent non caring attitude of the school superintendent, the administrators and the teachers for decades. If all cared, they would have changed the failed ways they have been using all this time and altered their focus on a more productive method of teaching and student retention. To date, nothing has improved and Middletown remains at the bottom of the ratings. The sports program went south years ago. This city hasn't felt the pride of having a winning sports program for many years. At best, we see teams that are under .500, let alone considering any winning record. We are usually the football doormat in the GMC and close to the bottom each year in basketball and baseball. No one respects our sports programs and see us as an easy win. We are everyone's homecoming game.

The controversy now is with Ed choice. The public schools around here are all angry because they are losing revenue for each student who decides on a charter school education. Simple solution to the public schools problem.......start providing a decent quality education for your students and there will be no reason for losing students. The public school system is their own worst enemy. They are the reason for their revenue losing issues. Until they change to improve education quality, students will leave the district for better results.

Not fixable
And we have a school board member running for the state house?