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Kettering’s cuts and campaign cash
(Artist rendering of Stivers School for the Arts. The school, opening next winter, was designed by Jeff Wray Architects, a donor to the school levy campaign.)
In today’s paper, there are two interesting school stories to take note of. First, we see that school cuts are also happening in the suburbs. Well regarded Kettering schools are cutting positions and raising class size in the wake of a levy defeat. Superintendent Bob Mengerink also said there would be a lot more straight talk from the district about further possible cuts since Kettering’s “positive” levy campaign in May failed to convince voters.
Meanwhile, we got the final campaign finance reports Friday, which revealed that Dayton’s levy campaign got a huge final push of cash. Interestingly, a lot of the late-arriving money came from construction and design firms doing business with the district on its $627 million construction program.
In the end, the campaign came pretty close to its ambitious goal of raising $400,000.
(Image credit: Jeff Wray Architects)
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By Kettering Parent
June 20, 2007 9:28 PM | Link to this
I just looked at Kettering’s website and they have quite a few administrators. Too bad they couldn’t let some of those go instead of increasing class sizes.By Dayton View Triangle Mom
June 18, 2007 3:00 PM | Link to this
Scott: We got a notice from Jefferson Montessori last Friday that they won’t be continuing their pre-school program. Another cut DPS has had to make because of the levy failure. The cost of the levy doesn’t look so bad when you think about all the pre-school parents who might now have to put their children in pre-school at a cost of $300-$600 per month. The extra cost to our taxes would have been far less than what it will cost to keep our daughter in private pre-school for another two years - just from a purely financial perspective. On the other hand - I think Jefferson Montessori’s pre-school program was probably stronger academically than my daughter’s current pre-school too (though I supplement her education at home). I’m wondering what new financial burdens might get placed on parents of k-12 kids in Dayton and Kettering because of the levy failure. Will there be more supplies that need donated in the classroom, or more pay to play sports and extra-curriculars?