EDITOR’S NOTE: During the Nov. 8 General Election, voters who reside in the Highland School District voted by a 2/3 majority to overturn a 8.9 mill increase to build a new high school. On Dec. 1,a special meeting was called by the board and during that meeting a motion was made by Renee Clay-Circle and seconded by David Gibson to approve to submit an “Application for a Permit to Issue Bonds”, with…
Deborah Dean, a native of Cherokee Village, Ark., was recently initiated into the Arizona State University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. The Society welcomed 646new initiates from 23universities during December 2022.Students initiated into the Society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35percent of their class, demonstrate leader-ship experience in at least one of the five pillars, and embrace the ODK ideals. Fewer…
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…
By Bud Ludwick, Highland School District Taxpayer On Nov. 8, 2022, Highland School Board petitioned voters to agree to the building of a new high school to vote for an 8.9 mill-age increase. The school board offered a fuzzy cost estimate of around $30 million. They didn’t offer a proposed site study of all state-required issues or detailed architect plans, or two competing bids from licensed contractors. In return, the taxpayers would…
