More dollars bound for classrooms

The location of one of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ two ceremonial signings Wednesday of the $148.4 million school-funding bill was sweet: Wichita’s diverse North High School, whose dynamic principal, Denise Wren, said early this year that it was a lie to say schools have enough money and that she feared the Legislature (and business) had abandoned her school. With the legal and legislative battles settled until next year, it’s now up to Wren and the others on the front lines of student achievement to spend their new dollars wisely.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

2 Comments

  1. JUSTA GUY
    Posted July 22, 2005 at 8:43 am | Permalink

    A lot of school systems did need some extra funding, but what I have found is most want money for their wants and not their needs. If the state wants to tax for school needs, put another penny on the sales tax and do away with the absurd personal property tax: that way everyone pays for schools.

  2. Joe Williams
    Posted July 23, 2005 at 1:45 am | Permalink

    I agree! We need to do a drastic change in our tax system. Get rid of the property and income tax and replace it with a sales tax. Also! They should make the tax inclusive instead of exclusive, so that people will not notice. You know! The same way they do with gasoline.