Gordon, goodbye
The school is closing as part of a cost-saving plan by the district, but the building will reopen in September as the Gordon Education Center, dedicated to serving special education students in grades six through 10.
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School Board President Donna Urban said that the district has the second lowest proposed tax increase in the county. Urban noted the elementary school renovation was not planned because the school district is in financial trouble. She said the district is slowly raising taxes now to avoid a large tax increase later.
“I’m really having a hard time with the tax increase,” said school board member Robert Knecht, who voted against the preliminary budget.
Diana Brownfield also voted against the preliminary budget and was the only board member to vote against plans to renovate the elementary school into an education center.
“In my eyes, Gordon is the little school that could,” said Brownfield. “It’s the heart of the district.”
CASD's proposed budget is balanced at $135.8 million and includes a plan to disperse Gordon's students among CASD's other six elementary schools. The building would then house the district's special education center.
Friday, April 11, 2008
“I think the administration did a very good job of trying to balance what the district needs,” School Board President Donna Urban said, “and what the taxpayers are going to be looking for.”
Monday, March 31, 2008
Ken Lupold, CASD’s director of business administration and a member of the finance committee, on Friday said the decision to reject the waiver was financial.
The district, which has a $130 million operating budget this year, has begun calculating next year’s expenditures and revenues. Lupold said officials are realizing “our revenues from local sources are down quite a bit this year,” partly because of stagnant real estate values.
“Consequently our earnings from interest are also down,” Lupold said. “So we were looking at this for a boost to our revenues.”
Friday, February 22, 2008
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