Franklin Township Schools Indiana Property Tax Referendum May 3, 2011

75 per $100 value

$150,000 - $489 increase

2006 tax rate 4% 2011 tax rate 1% $3 million dollar shortfall

Thinking about voting No!

Art Gone
Music Gone Physical Ed Gone 150 jobs Gone 80 of them teachers

Schools Closed
Buses - Gone

What...No Buses?
That's right No Buses!
Did the citizens vote for the tax increase?
63% voted NO!

Buses For Sale to Highest Bidder

Costs $2 to $3 million per year to operate

Leased buses to Central Indiana Educational Service Center (not for profit) $1.00

$20 admin fee + $475 1st student, $405 2nd , 3rd etc
$47.50/$40.40 per month

Where did my money go?

#291 out of 346 public & charter schools for funding per child $17 million rainy day fund Flat screen TVs in hallway

$4.3 million dollar high school football stadium

You don't pay... you don't ride!

Driver receives roster At bus stop / calls police

Police/teachers direct traffic

Revised start times-late if not in bldg or on site

SchoolPool program must opt out if not wanted

We'll just see about this!

Class action lawsuit filed in October 1970 State Statute IC 20-27-6-1 Parents Supplemental Transportation Contracts Act Attorney General rules bus fees unconstitutional

Caleb, Lora & Jonathon Hoagland

Im not worried.

Supt. not worried says law is on his side

Says A.G. Ruling is only advisory/let court decide Lawmakers looking for $ Other schools watching

Supt. Is the Chairman of the Board for the CIESC

Supt. Walter Bourke

Questions to ponder

Is it a conflict of interest for the Supt. to be on the Board for the same organization that now does the busing? Should the schools have gotten rid of the buses to start with? What else should they have done to save money?

Sources
Franklin Township Bus Fees. Fox59 News. Website last visited: Nov 17, 2011.http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-franklin-township-bus-fees-072610,0,6381321.story Franklin Township Community School Corporation. Website last visited: Nov 17, 2011. http://www.ftcsc.k12.in.us/supt/ Mom sue Franklin Township over Fees. Indy Star. Website last visited: Nov 17, 2011http://www.indystar.com/article/20111103/LOCAL18/111030325/Mom-sues-Franklin-Township-schools-over-bus-fees Franklin Township asking voters to support school referendum. Fox89. Website last visited: Nov 17, 2011. http://www.fox59.com/news/education/wxin-school-referendum-franklin-township-hopes-001,0,893622.photo School bus registration begins Friday. Fox89. Website last visited: Nov 17, 2011 http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-franklin-township-buses-franklin-township-bus-registration-begins-friday-20110711,0,287318.story