No Hidden Agendas Says 'Picture Rockwood' Committee
School community chairpersons of Rockwood School District's Picture Rockwood Facilitating Committee on Wednesday said most everyone they interact with indicates they are surprised at the district's circumstance and financial shortfalls.
Rockwood School District's "Picture Rockwood" Facilitating Committee members huddled with back-to-back groups Wednesday evening to convey the status of a recent series of community engagement workshops, and to address new questions. With the Jan. 22 deadline to place a tax proposal on the April 2, 2013, ballot looming, they told Patch they realize there is not a lot of time to help others understand this engagement process. But they also said they are committed to reaching as many people as possible, and that they hope the majority of district residents will participate in this next feedback phase before they make a presentation to the Rockwood Board of Education directors on Jan. 10. Picture Rockwood focuses on a state-of-the-district …
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KM Kramer
6:42 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012
Both plans call for tax increases - both in direct taxes and in hidden costs that will be passed on by the commercial establishments that will also be taxed. Higher milk anyone? the alternative, "Grapefruit" plan (see comments to a previous article) provides for NO tax increase while moving forward curriculum upgrades, improvements to technology, does not cut the number of teacher's jobs while … more ›