Year-Round School Considered in Festus

there should not be a year5 round school because when could kids get time off to see their family members that do not live by them? my main point is there SHOULD NOT BE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL!!!

Then maybe voters should pass the high school proposals.

Below is a link to a Jefferson County Journal Article.

It does take money to teach children. I do not live in Festus and my children do not go to school there, so it is really not up to me. I can tell you though that, compared to other High School facilities in Jefferson and St. Louis County, Festus has some serious needs.

This ballot seemed to be an issue of financial need for the district and not want.

http://jeffcountyjournal.stltoday.com/article...

Festus R-6 fosters the claim of overcrowding by enrolling students who don't live within the district. Since their insisting that voters give them 42 million dollars to build a new stadium, labs, theater...etc along with a new High School building, they need then to take the first step of showing the voters they are serious about the alleged overcrowding issue and stop enrolling students who live outside the district.

That alone would free up about 300 desks or so. Next thing they need to do is stop wasting tax payers money before someone calls in an audit. How embarrassing would that be for them? There is plenty of room to build on the campus they already operate from without having to build in a new location. There are parking lots...acres of them...that students use when they drive to school. I moved here from St. Louis where I went to high school decades ago. Even then, the school buildings were pre-W.W.II and no student drove to school and found comfort being able to park on school property. If they couldn't find a place to park on the street, then they took the bi-state bus. If they want tax payers to pass a tax increase then they can start showing that they are willing to also make some sacrifices.

We already pay for school buses and for the drivers who operate them. There is absolutely no need whatsoever for students to drive to school. The district can use the land where the parking lots exist to build their new buildings that will accommodate more students. There is also a new building that R-6 constructed a few years ago that is used exclusively for the school district's administrators. They can move out of that building, use the trailers that they ALWAYS find room for, and use the administrative building for classrooms.

There is just an incredible long list of things they can do to alleviate their manufactured "over crowded" issue without whining to the tax payers for more money but they absolutely refuse. The 42 million dollar proposal or nothing.

It's childish how the district members behave. Just like children themselves. When they don't get their way they behave badly. Grow up for God's sake people!

One final noteworthy issue I have is that when tax payers DO say NO, the proposal always finds a way to re-appear on the ballot. I want to suggest that if the issues are ever passed, why is it not possible then for the issue to re-appear on the ballot for another and another and another take until it is once again turned down? Wouldn't that be interesting.

No, the R-6 district doesn't need 42 million dollars to fix their problem. They only need to pay attention to the voters.

Year-round education has the same amount of school days as a traditional school calendar, not one day more. It is a misnomer to conclude that "year-round" means just that, YEAR-round. The year-round calendar has the EXACT amount of school days as the traditional, antiquated school year. The amount of vacation days remains the same.

This comment is for Just To Much Waste: You meant the word "too" not "to." It precludes your argument when you misspell words, especially those meant to be your screen name.

wow thats rediculus to get so mad at such a stupid thing as the word (to) nobody cares we understood what it was supposed to mean let it go

Retired Teacher! GET A LIFE