Dear Editor, Get Ready as Arkansas Educators Prep for Vouchers and Raises. The idea of expanding School Choice is being touted by our Arkansas Legislature this spring. An article in the Arkansas Times by Austin Bailey, and the inaugural speech of our newly elected Governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, provide a wealth of information. As Governor, Sanders made some very bold statements about her endeavor over the next four to eight years “to…
By Conway Spurlock, Highland School District Taxpayer The Highland school district has set a special election for February 14, with early voting beginning February 7.This is the same tax increase proposal that 2/3 of the voters said no to in November. If passed, this measure will set our millage rate at 55 percent higher than what is required by the state legislature for the operation and maintenance of our schools. They are…
Jonas Anderson, Cave City Mayor By now we’ve all received our water bills, and see the effect that the recent rate increase will have on them. It is of course the largest we’ve had in many years. I made sure to discuss this a few times in 2021 and 2022,because we knew it was coming, eventually. I wanted to be very proactive in letting you know our thinking, and our intentions, about…
By Kara McEntire, Student Services Director, Testing Coordinator,Federal Programs Coordinator and Public Relations District Coordinator The following questions have been directed to us recently; we are glad to answer these, and any other questions, in order to provide accurate information to our stakeholders-We want to emphasize, again, our intent for voters to have the correct information concerning the millage vote. We have spoken with many voters that have been misinformed concerning the…
By James Lieble, Highland School District taxpayer In case you haven’t heard, the Highland School District is running a special election on February 7-14 to try to pass a mill-age hike that was defeated less than three months ago. Those of us living in this school district pay a large part of our tax bill to the school district as property owners. Yet, much of the information about the expenditures of the…
