Recently there have been articles in this newspaper regarding the $26,220,000 bond referendum to build a new school, as well as the $6 million being spent in order to bring the air quality up to current mandated standards.
Once again I see a flurry of words swirl around the issue of funding for our local school, and I wonder if the participants in this controversy are missing the central point.
You don't need to live in Longville to be a Friend. I had a patron that came into the library and asked if she had to live in Longville to become a member of the Friends of the Library.
We understand that nobody likes to see their taxes increase. So it puzzles us that the consolidation and subsequent closing of the Northland School district is considered by some a viable option.
On November 9th, residents of the Northland Community School District will once again have the opportunity to vote on a building referendum. As is frequently the case when schools need public support, taxpayers begin asking questions about how their money is spent.
Northland Community Schools has invested a ton of money to provide its students with the technology necessary to prepare them for college and careers after high school.
As the late Yogi Berra once said, "It's déjá vu all over again". Just 6 months after the referendum was defeated to spend millions of dollars on a new school, the school board and administration are going to have another go at it.
It's easy for the School Board and others to conclude that the no votes on the recent bond referendum were votes against the students, the teachers, the administration, Remer, or even reluctance to pay for the education of the young people in our community. They are wrong.
After graduating from the Northland Community School in Remer, I went on to college and have been in education all my life. I couldn't be more proud to serve as the Superintendent of Schools in the very school I went to when I was a child, with one exception; the …
