Comments on: Sedona Oak Creek Schools Face Tough Choices

By: Tom Jenney, State Director

Tom Jenney, State Director — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 19:49:42 +0000

Do you know how much money your school district spends per child? On average, school districts in Arizona spend over $9,400 per student annually from local, state, and federal sources.

This is important information, especially for voters in bond and override elections. That is why Americans for Prosperity-Arizona is supporting H.B. 2551 in partnership with State Representative Jay Lawrence (Scottsdale, Fountain Hills). H.B. 2551 will require election pamphlets to provide the total per pupil spending figure of your school district for any bond and override elections.

By: Kelly Marie

Kelly Marie — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:07:57 +0000

If you ask teachers and parents, it’s the Board and the Superintendent.

By: No Jobs for Teachers

No Jobs for Teachers — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:46:51 +0000

Thanks to this President and his administration we’ve had 8 yrs of declining standard of living. Who knew?!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/money/us-jobless-claims-rise-to-six-month-high/ar-BBowG9f?ocid=spartandhp

By: Dale Fedderly

Dale Fedderly — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:39:20 +0000

@karen As a former teacher no longer living in AZ, I question your administration’s competency. Where has the board been? Department of public instruction the past dozen years? The shame of this becomes lack of trust in the public school system. It seems earned.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:49:52 +0000

Easy for Afternoon Delights

By: Jim & friends @ work

Jim & friends @ work — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:16:55 +0000

@jess We’ve never seen a community allow a hotel/motel/state facility for juveniles and or adults next to a school of any kind! An adult resident facility proposed next to our elementary school in California wasn’t allowed on a safety basis! In California a homeless shelter can’t be built in areas without mass public transit systems and an appropriate percentage of contracted jobs, a school with its vulnerable population is never allowed next to adult or transient facilities. There’s a federal guideline even! And they built in Sedona a transient facility next to the high school which is what a hotel/motel is! My brother in law in Boulder was appalled to learn that a Marriott franchiser got approval and wondered who was paid off!! Foothills residents should be ashamed as should be Les Springs with its CVS. Two areas now destroyed because the city didn’t stick to its vision of commercial and residential development, Foothills will regret it when Marriott’s place becomes run down. Another lost opportunity for quality control. And a danger for our children. Pedophiles & drug dealers love hotels/motels facilities near schools – easy to lure & deal from and to. Now the intersection at the school is even more dangerous with increased users! Who cares? No one in city government.

By: Jess Lookin

Jess Lookin — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:12:58 +0000

You have a budget cut because you have less students.

You have less students because Sedona has become more of a tourist trap and less family friendly. Look at the new hotel being built RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from the beautiful Sedona High School . That sends a message to prospective resident parents where the towns priorities are.

Unless Sedona changes, there will be no kids in your district soon. It’s not a money problem, it’s a student problem.