phxgirl
Posts:230
 | | 09/21/2007 8:09 AM |
 Alert | | Wait....Are you calling me & everyone else an irresponsible parent because my child rides a bus up to a Kyrene School? ROFLMAO !! | | | |
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justcurious
Posts:82
| | 09/21/2007 8:50 AM |
Alert | | I did not say you or any other parent was irresponsible. I stated that you and other out of boundary parents using Kyrene bus service were not taking responsibility for the transportation of your children to an out of boundary school. You do not pay school taxes in that district, yet you benefit from it. By the way school taxes in Kyrene Elementary, according to the AZ Republic this past week, were assessed at an increase of 17% on the tax bills just mailed to homeowners, the highest increase in the east valley. But of course open enrollment laws allow districts to have out of boundary students at the school districts discretion, so if Kyrene chooses to make its constituents be financially responsible for others children, that's just the way it is...for now. | | | |
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phxgirl
Posts:230
| | 09/21/2007 8:56 AM |
Alert | | You are right, individuals up in the East valley are footing the bill for our children to attend "their" schools. I would be more then willing to help with that cost until MES gets their butts in gear !! But I have not been asked to foot that cost. I am also paying taxes to Maricopa school district of which my child does not attend. Also don't the schools get some sort of credit based on occupancy and out of bounary students? I am sure there is some benefit to the Kyrene side, not just the negative. | | | |
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hvgal
Posts:17
| | 09/21/2007 9:11 AM |
Alert | | But you should be happy that Kyrene open their doors to us here in Maricopa. Think about in my sons school alone there is about 150 kids from Maricopa. Those kids could be in MUSD and make the classes alot larger then they are already. Also I give back to Kyrene whether it is my time or money. I think if it bothers you that much maybe you should contact the State Education Board and have them change the laws on open enrollment and I would be more than happy to pay to have my children go to a school that benefits there needs. | | | |
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G. Jetson
Posts:22
| | 09/21/2007 9:19 AM |
Alert | | I would be more than happy to reroute my Tax payment to Kyrene. They are giving the education, they should get the money. Where do I go to make this happen? Jane??????? | | | |
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CandyGir1
Posts:60
| | 09/21/2007 10:29 AM |
Alert | | JustCurious, where do your children attend school? That is, what district? | | | |
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justcurious
Posts:82
| | 09/21/2007 10:43 AM |
Alert | G. Jetson,
You are correct, under current tax law you can't re-route your property taxes to a different school district and that is probably a good thing or new schools would never be funded and maintained. If you felt so compelled to help, you could check what your assessment in Maricopa is and what the assessment would be for your home if it was in the Kyrene District and if there is a negative difference donate that to the Kyrene District (250.00 of which could be claimed as a tax credit).
CandyGirl,
No longer have children in school, but still a willing contributor of taxes for schools.
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heuertwo
Posts:205
| | 09/21/2007 10:46 AM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By phxgirl on 09/21/2007 8:09 AM
Wait....Are you calling me & everyone else an irresponsible parent because my child rides a bus up to a Kyrene School? ROFLMAO !! </div>
You are an irresponsible parent for 'choosing' that your child rides in a bus (no seat belts) up the 347 Maricopa Speedway.
Hopefully little Johnny can still walk after the inevitable bus crash. | | | |
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justcurious
Posts:82
| | 09/21/2007 11:08 AM |
Alert | hvgal,
You stated that about 150 students attend from Maricopa the school your child attends in Kyrene. At the last MUSD Board meeting it was stated that Maricopa's current enrollment overall is about 200 short of being able to receive all of their money from the State Facility Board for building new schools. There are children going to more than one Kyrene school and Chandler and Tempe Union High Schools as well. People, we are perpetuating our own financial problems by not keeping the kids in their neighborhood schools and working with MUSD for improvement. Chandler, Kyrene, Mesa,Tempe, Higley (an unicorporated area), Queen Creek all have had to deal with explosive growth in the past 25 years. It's nothing new!!! The parents in Maricopa bailing out in mass quantities is new, because open enrollment makes it the easy way out. | | | |
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phxgirl
Posts:230
| | 09/21/2007 11:10 AM |
Alert | | I have to laugh. Irresponsible for having my child ride the bus ! I guess I am irresponsible everytime I drive into town ! I had premonitions about the bus, but have gotten over it !! I put my faith in God, and the bus driver. BTW do you have children? | | | |
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heuertwo
Posts:205
| | 09/21/2007 11:17 AM |
Alert | | No. But I was a child. So there. | | | |
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phxgirl
Posts:230
| | 09/21/2007 11:41 AM |
Alert | | And obviously still are <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/smile.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Smile' align='absmiddle'> That would make sense to me as to why you made that comment. If you ever do have children and their education is important to you, we will talk !!! <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/tongue.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Tongue' align='absmiddle'> | | | |
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vzuniga
Posts:67
| | 09/21/2007 11:57 AM |
Alert | Oh MY GOODNESS!
"You are an irresponsible parent for 'choosing' that your child rides in a bus (no seat belts) up the 347 Maricopa Speedway.
Hopefully little Johnny can still walk after the inevitable bus crash." by heuertwo
How can you even say that? Thank goodness you don't have any children.
My kids are just fine. I care about my children's education and thats why they are in the Kyrene School District. | | | |
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heuertwo
Posts:205
| | 09/21/2007 12:01 PM |
Alert | | Then you should lobby for seat belts in the bus. | | | |
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cmfitness
Posts:125
| | 09/22/2007 2:23 AM |
Alert | | Okay, regarding the Kyrene bus stop in front of Native New Yorker.... why couldn't the bus driver just make a left, after entering the plaza? That would put him behind Circle K....relatively free of cars (parked or moving), and not blocking anyone? | | | |
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 09/25/2007 1:03 PM |
Alert | Because he's an automaton and was told to pull up to the curb and he does.
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Marni
Posts:537
| | 09/28/2007 9:36 PM |
Alert | No. But I was a child. So there.
Yes, you obviously still are. | |
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Marni
Posts:537
| | 09/28/2007 9:42 PM |
Alert | You stated that about 150 students attend from Maricopa the school your child attends in Kyrene. At the last MUSD Board meeting it was stated that Maricopa's current enrollment overall is about 200 short of being able to receive all of their money from the State Facility Board for building new schools. There are children going to more than one Kyrene school and Chandler and Tempe Union High Schools as well. People, we are perpetuating our own financial problems by not keeping the kids in their neighborhood schools and working with MUSD for improvement. Chandler, Kyrene, Mesa,Tempe, Higley (an unicorporated area), Queen Creek all have had to deal with explosive growth in the past 25 years. It's nothing new!!! The parents in Maricopa bailing out in mass quantities is new, because open enrollment makes it the easy way out.
Isn't the school paid on the number enrolled? That is why the 100th day of school is so important, from what I understand.
On another note, I have stuck it out here in this disctict since my now sixth grader was in the first grade. My sixth grader now attends Kyrene. My third grader still attends Santa Rosa.
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DesertNewbie
Posts:531
| | 09/29/2007 7:40 AM |
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DesertNewbie
Posts:531
| | 09/29/2007 7:41 AM |
Alert | Posted By Marni on 09/28/2007 9:42 PM You stated that about 150 students attend from Maricopa the school your child attends in Kyrene. At the last MUSD Board meeting it was stated that Maricopa's current enrollment overall is about 200 short of being able to receive all of their money from the State Facility Board for building new schools. There are children going to more than one Kyrene school and Chandler and Tempe Union High Schools as well. People, we are perpetuating our own financial problems by not keeping the kids in their neighborhood schools and working with MUSD for improvement. Chandler, Kyrene, Mesa,Tempe, Higley (an unicorporated area), Queen Creek all have had to deal with explosive growth in the past 25 years. It's nothing new!!! The parents in Maricopa bailing out in mass quantities is new, because open enrollment makes it the easy way out. Isn't the school paid on the number enrolled? That is why the 100th day of school is so important, from what I understand. On another note, I have stuck it out here in this disctict since my now sixth grader was in the first grade. My sixth grader now attends Kyrene. My third grader still attends Santa Rosa.
Marni...yes. The school is paid by number of students enrolled.
I believe what justcurious is stating is that we are 200 kids (rather, tax dollars for those kids) shy of being able to afford to build another school, so the 150 or more who have left would go a long way in securing the tax money needed. When people pull their kids from this district, they also pull the money, which hurts all of the kids who remain and perpetuates the crowded classrooms that everyone hates, which coincidently, often is the very reason some kids are pulled.
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