1.9 billion dollar school bond

[dennishoddy]

I thought it was reading, riting, and rithmatick? lol

Or, Hukked on fonix.

 

[tynyphil]

I vote NO on anything for schools until they show they’ve earned it. I think teacher pay should be linked to student performance. We are ranked 38th in teacher pay and 49th in student performance. No more until performance equals or exceeds pay ranking

 

[THAT Gurl]

i am not even sure that 1.9 billion is correct. that is what i think i heard on the news. but i can't find any confirmation on that amount. seems in august there was talk of just a 1 billion dollar bond? i am asking if anyone can confirm this???????

I heard it too but thought to myself at the time the news anchor must have misspoke ... I can't find anything now so maybe they did misspeak??

Edit: Nope. Chuter's google-fu is better than mine ...

 

[cowadle]

I heard it too but thought to myself at the time the news anchor must have misspoke ... I can't find anything now so maybe they did misspeak??

Edit: Nope. Chuter's google-fu is better than mine ...

SO??? it is 1.9 BILLION?? cough......... edit--- oh ok i see that it's JUST a Billion raises tax rate fron 18 mill to 26 or 26 dollars for every 1000 dollars of valuation?

 

[trekrok]

SO??? it is 1.9 BILLION?? cough

Dang, that's enough money for what, turf on 1500 football fields? Sweet.

 

[GIJROB]

I vote NO on anything for schools until they show they’ve earned it. I think teacher pay should be linked to student performance. We are ranked 38th in teacher pay and 49th in student performance. No more until performance equals or exceeds pay ranking

I agree! Teachers made more money they I did when I worked at a National cemetery. Being a teacher is easy as f@#k.

 

[XDTime]

Heard on noon news, they are buying electric school busses.

https://www.ocpathink.org/post/whats-in-okc-schools-massive-bond-package
Article says... "Technically there are two bonds, but one is “small” at just $19 million to pay for some new district vehicles. The other is massive, nearly a billion dollars, for a long list of construction projects and purchases." That's a lot of District Vehicles.

 

[Dale00]

Politicians love buildings....follow the money

 

[BobbyV]

Per the Oklahoma Department of Education website, the ratio of Teacher to Students is 1 to 15

For the OKC School District? Or that's what they're claiming it is statewide?

 

[BobbyV]

The question I would have is this: If this bond issue passed, would the legislature then reduce state appropriations to that school district to the amount of the bond?

Does that happen for other bonds when passed?