If you are elderly and on a fixed income, having to pay out another 250.00 plus a month for 20 years or longer (or more and likely 500.00 a month or more when all 2 phases of the the bond tax/ppell were to go into effect when we look at inflation costs, additional transportation costs for families shuttling kids across the city to get educated.... and we really still don't know the full scope of CR's plan to accurately predict final costs due to sketchy details). 250.00 to 500.00 more a month for decades could be prescription drugs, utlitiy payments, part of a house payment or rent, a car payment, food on the table.
Shutting down neighborhood public schools to lower property values
"Every time a public school is closed, it should be considered a failure of the central administration. The leaders who close the most public schools are the biggest failures. They should be held accountable for their incompetence. Good leadership in education means taking responsibility for making things better, rather than sitting back and monitoring how schools perform. Good leaders should be recognized for the schools they improve. Bad leaders close schools because they are incapable of helping them."