District 155 is trying to get community input, but only through next Tuesday.
So, between now and then, pull up the survey
Parent & Community Survey, Click here
and fill it out.
Way down at the bottom, there is a place where you can say what you think about taxes.
There are zero questions relating to property tax rate, spending efficiency, opinions of salary+benefit package fairness relative to tax rates, equability of salary+benefit package value relative to National, State, and regional averages.
As with Woodstock D200, this Survey is designed to produce results which will be used to justify higher spending in the future.
As with Woodstock D200, this survey seems designed to justify higher spending in the future, no matter the survey results.
There are zero questions related to:
property tax rate
ratio of property tax rates to National, State, or regional averages
ratio of tax rates relative to standardized test results
ratio of spending relative to National, State, or regional averages
ratio of pay+benefit packages to national, State, and regional averages (including signing bonuses, OPEB (free health insurance from age 53 to 65, at least), stipends, PERQs (free cell phones, e.g.), and pension spiking contractual guarantees.)
As with Woodstock D200, this survey seems designed to justify higher spending in the future, no matter the survey results.
There are zero questions related to:
property tax rate
ratio of property tax rates to National, State, or regional averages
ratio of tax rates relative to standardized test results
ratio of spending relative to National, State, or regional averages
ratio of pay+benefit packages to national, State, and regional averages (including signing bonuses, OPEB (free health insurance from age 53 to 65, at least), stipends, PERQs (free cell phones, e.g.), and pension spiking contractual guarantees.)
‘feedback’ so the nattering nabobs can say ‘the cummunity’ participated.
What rubbish!
If you know someone living in Crystal Lake, Cary, Fox River Grove, Oakwood Hills, Prairie Grove or the northern part of Lake in the Hills, please encourage them to fill out the survey and add comments about what they think District 155 should do about taxes at the bottom of the survey.
Meanwhile
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