The weekend before Election Day finds me thinking about Election Day.
Between now and Election Day (the day I will be voting) I will share some final thoughts as I process who I’ll be voting for and what issues will be on the ballot in Idaho. To many of you, you’ve already voted. So this is really just a writing exercise for me.
I’ll start with the Twin Falls School District Supplemental Levy.
First, I’m glad that School District Levys now must be connected with other elections. Voter turnout will involve more of the population.
First my short answer. I will be voting “no”.
(and voting no on a school levy is not a vote against children.)
Short explanation. When public schools (taxpayer-required) return to reading, writing, and arithmetic, (and I encourage logic) and stop advancing woke ideologies of gender confusion or the denial of biological facts I will not support said schools when they come asking for more funds. I get why school districts express their need for additional funds, I can even appreciate the right they have to ask the population to fund the schools. I’m in favor of secure schools. I’m in favor of teachers making a good wage. I’m in favor of safe buildings. But I do not favor addressing these shortages with more money. With respect, I know that all institutions cost money, but not everything is fixed with more money.
Until I’m convinced that the local school district realizes the mistakes it has made by encouraging woke ideologies that destroy rather than build. And when the school district repents of supporting gender confusion that makes ashes out of beauty rather than beauty from ashes, I will not vote for a school levy. It’s that easy.
While on the subject of public schools… until the local school district divorces itself from federal dollars, I can’t in good conscience encourage anyone to send their children to these institutions. There are better options. Parents, you are one of those best options. There are things I like about educating children and the experience that can be had it total. But right now is not that day. School administrators can do better.
To be fair, here is a video of Twin Falls School District Superintendent, Dr. Brady Dickinson, explaining the supplemental levy. You should listen to it and decide how you will vote. I will be voting “no”.
And here is a letter from the Twin Falls School District School Board.
https://twinfallssdid.sites.thrillshare.com/article/1833871
What is one to conclude when this is the argument for additional funds?
“The requested increase is due to increased costs to the District, the end of federal COVID Relief funds, and the loss of state lottery funds historically used to pay for maintenance staff.” Eric Smallwood Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Twin Falls School District.
There may be some truth to the need to replace COVID relief funds coming to a close and the loss from state lottery funds, but why is the school district looks to federal funds and a morally bankrupt lottery fund? We can do better than depending on these sources of funding. A supplemental levy may be one of those legitimate ways to do so, but not while the public school system is a slave to Critical Theories.
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