I'll say it again.....

I know you’re probably sick of hearing me say it already…heck, I will admit I am getting tired of saying it! VOTE YES! Vote yes for our kids! Vote yes for our community! Vote yes for our property values!!! I know the taxes are going up, but guess what…if the budget gets defeated they’re gonna go up anyway! Yep, that’s the truth. When a School Budget gets defeated (at least in Butler) it then goes to the Town Council and they set the budget. Historically they make relatively minor monetary changes and life goes on, translated that means your taxes still go up!

Is the system perfect? No! Does there need to be reform? Yes! But in my humble opinion, this is not the way to do it. A parent said to me the other day “well if the taxes are going to go up anyway, what’s the point of even voting?” I’ll tell you what the point of even voting is! If the budget passes my kids schools stand to lose 17 full time staff members. However, if the budget is defeated my kids’ schools could lose double that or more, not to mention cuts in sports and other “Extra curricular” activities.

Butler is not a school district with extravagant “extras” that can be cut and hardly felt! We are not cutting the “Under Water Basket Weaving Club” or the “Equestrian Club” here…we’re talking Basic Skills teachers. We’re talking Art and Music and Library. We’re talking about cutting basic foundations of a well rounded education and in the end cutting our kids chances of being more successful than we are (cause isn’t that really what we want?)

I’ll say it again, vote yes…give our kids a voice and a chance at a bright future! If we give them the opportunity to excel, they will…just watch em!