On January 20th, the Fullerton Elementary School District voted on a consulting contract of up to $100,000 which would assess the “viability” of implementing a parcel tax on every property owner in Fullerton. This tax was ostensibly being considered in order to bridge the currently projected $17 million, 3 year FSD budget gap created by the state’s financial crisis. Click here to read more.
Duncan, Sugarman, and Ballard?
*As a 1955 Junior High Graduate of Wilshire School…we can say: “Wilshire School was old back in the 50’s!”…..do what you can to fix
those Grammer Schools!
Ron & Anna,
You’re comment has nothing to do with the post. Measure CC already passed and those moneys have been used to modernize existing facilities and build new ones. This is simply a new tax to bridge a budget gap.
I think its incredibly creative of Fullerton to take the bull by the horns and go out with your best guess. If they guess too much they can give it back and if too little come back for more later.
Schools are so underfunded now money would never go to waste. I hope the voters approve it.
I’m not hearing anyone predict how this State Budget mess is going to be resolved. I wonder what the deal will look like. I heard one say today that it will end before IOU’s go out. Thats coming up pretty soon.
Hooka Smoker is perfectly correct. School districts everywhere sucker voters into appoving capital improvement bonds (that end up wasting millions on bad or incomplete design, and oversight failure).
A parcel tax revenue increase would go into the General Fund. Why can’t public agencies learn to save rather than spend during the boom times? It just seems to be against the very nature of government bureaucracy. Times are good? – spend! Times are bad? – tax and spend!
BTW, Winships, Wilshire Scool has been a part of the NOCCCD for many years.
The Fullerton Union High School…where I went,
The Wilshire School….where I went…were for sure not part Anaheim, Buena Park, Garden Grove,
Santa Ana or Orange Unified. Brea? LaHabra?…
1955 to 1959….really couldn’t tell you. Wilshire School was less that one block away from Fullerton Union High School……and Fullerton JC
back then. It was a very old facility that had
probably been there since the founding of the city 1887? Nah, but probably in the 20’s for sure.
Keeping the old facilities up is alot tougher than building new! What money goes where from
where has always been like watching a magic show.
In this economic mess…..just fix the schools..
Ron and or Anna, your still missing the point. The parcel tax will not “fix” anything. That was what the bonds WERE SUPPOSE TO DO BUT DIDN’T.
*OK Tony….forgive our obstinancy!
Are you saying that the new parcel tax goes into the General Fund Bottomless Pit and will not be used for any school repairs?
Yes.