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Dr. Stephen Laatsch, Saline Area Schools (SAS) Superintendent has prepared a series of responses for Frequently Asked Questions that he has received from the public regarding the upcoming $180,000,000 SAS Bond Proposal.
This proposal will be voted on by the SAS community on November 8th, 2022.
The questions are listed below:
1. What’s the history of school funding?
2. What is the current annual budget of the Saline Area Schools?
3. How much money is put into the instructional program in the Saline Area Schools and how
does that compare to other districts across the state?
4. What is included in this SAS 2022 bond proposal?
5. What would this bond cost the residents?
6. How is it possible to reduce the tax rate and raise this kind of money?
7. What is your track record for previous bond proposals and why are you referring to this latest
bond proposal as a fiscally responsible approach to school funding?
8. $180,000,000 is a lot of money! Some people are really hurting in this economy with costs
rising, inflation on the rise and so forth. What do you say to these people?
9. Some students are struggling with academics and their social emotional wellness coming out
of the Pandemic. What are you doing to address it and how can this bond proposal help?
Please Click HERE to read detailed responses to these questions
Please contact Dr. Stephen Laatsch at laatschs@salineschools.org (OR via Let’s Talk) if you have
any further questions about this bond proposal
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No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,