EPISD Asks for More Money
POSTED: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 11:20am
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 12:26am
El Paso - EPISD parents are being asked to raise their own taxes.
School leaders will hold a town hall on the issue at 6pm tonight at Franklin High School.
Homeowners are being asked to approved a tax hike of about $130 per year.
The EPISD would use the money to offset the rising cost of education.
The town hall tonight is the first of several scheduled on the proposed tax hike.
The EPISD is also holding the following town halls on the issue:
Tonight Franklin High School 6pm
March 30 Irvin High School 6pm
April 7 Andress High School 6pm
April 8 El Paso High School 6pm
April 12 Coronado High School 6pm
April 14 Burges High School 6pm
April 19 Bowie High School 6pm
April 20 Jefferson/Silva H.S. 6pm
April 21 Austin High School 6pm
April 22 Chapin High School 6pm
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farahP March 31, 2010
at 12:26am
As though health care reform wasn't enough, Congress wants to vamp up education funding also. Granted, student loans are a terrible debt trap that you can't even discharge in bankruptcy. The student loan bill was a rider on the health care bill, and it passed with it. A lot of grads end up needing payday loans to keep up on student loan payments as it is, and thinking about the efficacy of No Child Left Behind.
They should start verifying citizenship status of the students in order to get rid of all the illegals using our schools to get a free education. Getting rid of these illegal students would lower costs and bring a much needed break to our overworked teachers.
I really irks me when I see Cadillac Escalades with Mexican plates dropping off children at our schools...
Let them educate their own! It is time to end the free ride...
