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My thoughts on the 2025 Levy for SD245
First of all, I want to clarify some things, as many have commented on this site with questions that I hope this answers. My name is Sanford Staab, and I volunteered to help Casey Smith, at his request, to create… Continue reading
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Where is Education Headed?
Kooskia, Sept. 2024 As I became involved in the fight to fix our local school system, I was challenged by a friend to pony up and teach some classes to our local homeschoolers. This resulted in me offering a Calculus… Continue reading
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The HoneyPot Theory
It is interesting to note the history of Public Education in the US. We went into some of this in this article but there’s certainly more to think about. Basically, the Northwest has been big on education since the Northwest… Continue reading
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Is Money really the problem?
Here’s an interesting set of stats we learned about comparing Idaho with Utah. From this source, we find that Public Spending per k-12 student is: From this source, we find that the SAT Scores are: Continue reading
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Local Control
The pro-levy proponents clearly imply that having a levy gives us more local control. How does getting a lein on your property give you any control whatsoever? Our local control is our local school board members that are popularly elected.… Continue reading
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The kind of people we are fighting
Last time we were fighting the Levy we had issues with vandals tearing down signs. It was costly. It was painful. It was disgusting. I know of no instance where a pro-levy sign has been vandalized. This should give one… Continue reading
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Will a failed Levy close the schools?
Many signs being scattered throughout the county by the pro levy folks are intentionally misleading and used as just another scare tactic. Many schools in Idaho do not run levies and not one that I could find has ever been… Continue reading
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About No Levy 244
The NoLevy244.org site was created to let our local community become aware of issues facing our upcoming school district levy. Casey Smith, who was until recently on the district school board is an insider that knows what is really going… Continue reading
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