A little history, and a question
What went wrong on August 3?
Bob Rhoades, long time Greenville resident and retired fire fighter professional and instructor, has done some research that the Greenville School District possibly hasn’t.
And maybe should have.
He wonders if the bond issue would have passed had more time been spent campaigning and holding public meetings outside of the city.
I – being a furnier and a snake in the grass, or course – would have no way of knowing that Woodland Heights was not actually built by the District, but was a Greenville Township school before the township joined the District.
And frankly, I was astonished at how extensive the District is. The number of districts in Darke County makes even less sense than I thought it did before.
At any rate, here is the “telling tale”…
In May, the issue went down 7 to 5 (by precinct) in the city, and down 10 to 3 outside of the city. Margin was 680 votes.
In August, of course, it almost passed. Margin of failure was only 43 votes.
The city passed it, nine precincts to three – 1664 for, 1421 against – a margin of 243 votes. Outside of the city, the issue failed 1406 to 1120, a margin of 286 votes.
Bob did the research and raised the questions. I’ve done a little extra math to put things in perspective. The rest, I guess, is up to you to decide. And, hopefully, might get the attention of the people calling the shots at Greenville City School District.
Get the complete story – with stats – on his blog at:
http://greenvilleschoolsneedtoknowstuff.blogspot.com/
2 comments:
I found Bob's information really interesting. Maybe they should rethink the zoning for schools. Also for fire/rescue. For instance, if you live in Sherwood Forest and have a heart attack, you have to wait for Arcanum Rescue when Greenville Rescue & Fire is so much closer. Someone's life could depend on the response time.
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