Waiting

[centennialdawg]

to see what kind of ideas Robbins has to keep the 6 high schools open without any tax hikes tonight. I am sure it will be a packed house at 5:00 this evening at the board of stupidvisors meeting. Any thought or suggestions on what it might contain?

[sup-rbeast]

It'll be interesting to see Robbins transform from from the Great Satan to the Great Saint in the eyes of many Wise County residents. Fact of the matter is, the school system has been blowing smoke all along when it says it can't afford to operate 6 high schools. They have 50% more funding than they had a decade ago and less students means less teachers are required. It's just their way of justifying what they want to do....but anyone with half a brain knows they are FOS.

[centennialdawg]

I just want to be there when the fireworks start. Thinking about going just to listen

[sup-rbeast]

He's been in the system long enough to know if operating 6 schools is feasible...if he says it is, it is.

[centennialdawg]

He's been in the system long enough to know if operating 6 schools is feasible...if he says it is, it is.

I know, and to tell you the truth, Virginia Meador has, too and she is leaning the same way Robbins has stated along with "Flip-Flop" Rivers. Everyone already know how Luntsford is going along with Short. Rumor has it that Perry and several other school board members have been invited to hear this plan.

[Counts]

OK what happened?

[centennialdawg]

Robbins' resolution failed on a 4-4 tie vote, mostly because Short got scared of the big bad SB. He doesn't want the SB to absorb the 3 smaller schools into the 3 larger ones in old buildings. If this is any indication, there will a failed vote in June, when the SB wants their answer on funding the proposal. Most still hold out hope for a amicable resolution to this but I am afraid either way it goes, the taxpayers will be the ones screwed either way. I think I will seceed from Wise county and join Lee county.......LOL!

[pvfan]

Robbins' resolution failed on a 4-4 tie vote, mostly because Short got scared of the big bad SB. He doesn't want the SB to absorb the 3 smaller schools into the 3 larger ones in old buildings. If this is any indication, there will a failed vote in June, when the SB wants their answer on funding the proposal. Most still hold out hope for a amicable resolution to this but I am afraid either way it goes, the taxpayers will be the ones screwed either way. I think I will seceed from Wise county and join Lee county.......LOL!

I'm voting against every single representative I can. I've told my representatives (those that I've seen), so they should not be surprised. This is doing nothing more than embarrassing the county.

[1inStripes]

I really felt like the 3 in1 option is mainly a boondoggle to go ahead and merge the 6 schools into the 3 largest at this time. Wise County sure has a mess on its hands at this point.

[simple man]

Anybody else find any humor in the Coalfield story- the one about the school's "3-in-1 plan" falling inside Norton? Seems some folks are worried that not having a school in their town will cause them to lose money. Perhaps the whole county. After all the statments about "It won't make any difference to the smaller towns." Hmmmm..., what goes around ,comes around? :snickerpup: