Monthly Archives: October 2007
New Glarus Passes Operating Referendum
Congratualtions to our neighbors. 11 votes. Wow. Thomas J. Mertz New Glarus approves $500,000 for schools State Journal staff dhall@madison.com NEW GLARUS — Voters here Tuesday narrowly accepted a proposal to exceed state-ordered revenue caps by $500,000 annually, an amount … Continue reading
Filed under AMPS, Budget, Referenda, School Finance
MMSD Receives $710,000 in improvement grant from DPI
Madison schools will receive $710,000 from DPI to enhance principal leadership and to offer further professional development around curriculum differentiation. Read more here.
Filed under AMPS, Best Practices, Budget
TID and School Finance Op Ed
Thomas J. Mertz: Legislators need to focus on flawed school financing Thomas J. Mertz, guest columnist — 10/06/2007 9:23 am The earlier than anticipated closure of two tax incremental financing districts may provide Madison Metropolitan School District with $5.4 million … Continue reading
Filed under AMPS, Budget, Local News, Pope-Roberts/Breske Resolution, Referenda, School Finance
Quote of the Day
State Rep Brett Davis issued a column and a press release yesterday. In both he touts his support for enacting a full state budget and the assembly bill providing for separate k-12 funding. I am doing everything I can to … Continue reading
We are not alone #17
Things have been bad in Park Falls for a long time. A $850,000 referendum failed in April. After that they announced an unbelievable set of cuts: Reduce staff by one full-time staff member in the district offices. Reduce staff by … Continue reading
Filed under AMPS, Budget, Elections, Referenda, School Finance, Take Action, We Are Not Alone
Beware!
Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes They don’t tell the truth uh Smiling faces, smiling faces Tell lies and I got proof… … Continue reading
Filed under AMPS, Gimme Some Truth, Local News, School Finance, Take Action
