Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Top Ten Reasons to Vote Yes on Y&Z: #8

We're in the middle of our Top Ten list of reasons to vote Yes on Torrance school bond measures Y and Z on the November 4 ballot. On to today's installment...

Reason #8: No school district has found any other way to raise funds for major improvements and renovations of school facilities aside from bonds.

Drawing funds for major projects from the general fund would be detrimental to our students and their education. Check out a recently completed School Services of California, Inc. analysis of district spending practices to the that TUSD is currently managing your tax dollars well. Just a sample of what you'll find in that report: the number of students per district administrator at TUSD is more than two and a half times the comparable district average (Chart 7).

No comments: