School Board President Joe Carlson opened the meeting by making mention that there were a lot of students present tonight. Could that be because the school district held an assembly for them so they could do a Q&A on the tax issues and scare them by telling them that those bad people who refuse to pay more taxes want to take away their swimming pool? their dual high schools? their athletics? their band? their choir? The PANIC BUTTON was pushed.
School District Financial Advisor Dave Ross was up first to sell the tax levy. Sorry, we will NOT drink the Kool-Aid.
Monday, October 12, 2009
West Bend School Board Meeting Stacked with WEACs - PART I
This is going to be multiple postings as I am going to provide video snips for your viewing pleasure. The meeting was truly laughable, and obviously transparent. It was kinda like showing up at a school assembly and listening to the teachers lament about a student that just died in a car accident or something. The most frequently used five words? "Tax us to the cap!" Yes, I know. It was the oddest thing. All the people who are getting pay raises and hide behind their union were the ones to be vocal tonight. An absolute misrepresentation of the community, unlike the meeting two weeks ago.
Here is how the meeting began. A little entertainment from the children's choir at Silverbrook Middle School. Shame on the Superintendent and School Board President for exploiting innocent kids in the midst of a tax levy war. (They were cute, though...)
Supt. Pat Herdrich introduced the meeting by blaming Madison/legislature, then ensuring all she had gone to fight on our behalf this week:
Here is how the meeting began. A little entertainment from the children's choir at Silverbrook Middle School. Shame on the Superintendent and School Board President for exploiting innocent kids in the midst of a tax levy war. (They were cute, though...)
Supt. Pat Herdrich introduced the meeting by blaming Madison/legislature, then ensuring all she had gone to fight on our behalf this week:
West Bend School District figures REVEALED
Tonight at 7PM the Regular Board of Education Meeting hosted by Silverbrook Middle School, 120 N. Silverbrook Drive. Meeting will be held in the gymnasium.
PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE ALLOWED.
PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE ALLOWED.
The teachers union has requested all of the teachers to attend this and the remaining school board meetings. They were embarrassed with being outnumbered at the tax levy vote a couple of weeks ago.
(It appears there is a scheduled walk-out at the high school today for the students. They are protesting combining the two high schools to one. It seems that if a student does not want one school, they will walk out. However, if a student walks out they will have some type of discipline placed onto their permanent record and they will not be allowed to go to the Homecoming dance this Saturday night.)
KEEP IN MIND: The teachers stand NOTHING TO LOSE with the tax levy we are being targeted for. While West Bend School District taxpayers are being asked to foot the bill for a tax levy (the school board is going to propose 9% tonight), TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE ANNUAL PAY INCREASES.
The recent letter from the School District states the government funding has decreased over the years. NOT TRUE. LIES ARE BEING TOLD. FACTS TO BACK IT UP. Read it here:
Curtsy Boots & Sabers (nice work):
Check out full commentary HERE.
West Bend School Board Meets TONIGHT @ Silverbrook 7 p.m.
Don't throw in the towel.
Hold the West Bend School Board accountable.
Public input will not be allowed tonight.
Bring a sign that speaks for you. They can still READ your comments. Suggestions "We've lost our TRUST" or "Trust Factor = 0."
Show them you meant what you said. Sit in on the meeting and listen to what is being said about the tax levy COMING YOUR WAY.
Instead of looking at administrative salary cuts (sorry, wage "freezes" are just not enough), the school board is targeting curriculum and closing the pool, while still maintaining a parking lot attendant and purchasing land!
PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE ALLOWED.
TONIGHT.
BE THERE.
WEST BEND SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
SILVERBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL
7 p.m.
Friday, October 9, 2009
West Bend Citizens for Safe Libraries gets NEW NAME! EAGLE FORUM endorses new Chapter!
WEST BEND CITIZENS FOR SAFE LIBRARIES is receiving a new name!
Due to the many, many local issues throughout West Bend and Washington county and the large interest of local citizens and taxpayers to stay informed, WBCFSL is merging with a larger organization and will come under the "wings" of Eagle Forum of Wisconsin.
West Bend Citizens for Safe Libraries is now:
EAGLE FORUM OF WISCONSIN -
WASHINGTON COUNTY CHAPTER
Our new email address is:
We are currently working on a website where you will be able to stay on top of the latest WEST BEND and WASHINGTON COUNTY happenings. School Board proceedings, City Council meetings, various city board meetings and other issues that may need YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION!
Please feel free to view the Eagle Forum home website HERE.
or
The Eagle Forum Wisconsin website HERE.
Our Mission Statement is HERE.
THE EAGLE FORUM invites you to build a better educated, safer, stronger America based on traditional values.
We are excited to be of service to our community in a way that helps to get the word out quickly!
Stay tuned!
Ginny Maziarka, President
Donald Fagan, Vice President
Eagle Forum of Wisconsin, Washington County Chapter
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Email: eagleforumWC@gmail.com
Sensenbrenner Town Hall Meeting in OCONOMOWOC - Saturday
Topic: Town Hall
Official: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI 5th)
When: 10/10/2009
Starts: 09:00 AM
Where: Oconomowoc City Hall
Council Chambers
174 E. Wisconsin Avenue
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Assembly Bill 458 "Healthy Youth Act" a Farce - Testified against this in Madison today
Testimony in Opposition to Assembly Bill 458
Before the Assembly Committee on Education
October 5, 2009
I am addressing you today as both a mother and grandmother in our school district. I am also a current member of the Human Growth and Development Committee in our school district, which is comprised of district administration, teachers, parents, clergy, business owners, health care professionals and taxpayers, all who have a vested interest in our community. This year we worked as a collaborative team to identify the community standards of our district with regards to education in human growth and development for the youth within our district. Those who gave their time to this important planning committee did so to maintain the strong values and community standards of our school district. Together we made collaborative decisions concerning curriculum presented to students at each grade level. Through research, sharing of information and open discussion we came to agreements on what we felt was most important to us as a community, and what fit best with State law. We tailored this program to fit our school district, and I am proud of the efforts of those who are on this committee. I can earnestly tell you this curriculum was not taken lightly as we know it affects the lives of our youth for years to come. The freedom we have as a local community to recognize the strengths and weaknesses within our district’s schoolchildren is invaluable, and we are vehemently opposed to usurping parental and local control by any organizational or governmental strong arm.
Now, I address you as the president of the Eagle Forum of Wisconsin, Washington County Chapter. As an advocate for parental rights, the protection of minors and strong family values in Washington County, I have spent countless hours among our taxpayers and citizens, confirming what we already know: that our community wishes to maintain local control of its school curriculum and guide our children in a manner we feel, and know, is best for our school district.
Wis. Statute 948.02(2) states that it is a Class C Felony for anyone to have sexual contact or engage in sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age. The financial, legal and lifelong consequences of prosecution for this offense should be the focus of the legislature, while allowing parents and local school district committees to work towards the goal of protecting minors according to community standards.
Note section 115.28(9m) in AB458 that mandates the Department of Public Instruction to apply for federal birth control money. The Eagle Forum asks this question: Is this the prelude to establishing taxpayer-funded sex clinics in Wisconsin’s schools?
The Eagle Forum of Wisconsin strongly opposes Assembly Bill 458. Leave local control of Human Growth and Development intact, allow parents to continue parenting, and protect minors from lawful prosecution.
OTHER TESTIMONIES TODAY:
Pro-Life Wisconsin: Testimony in opposition to Assembly Bill 458: Providing instruction in human growth and development.
Wisconsin Family Council, Testimony in Opposition to Assembly Bill 458, Assembly Committee on Education, by Julaine K. Appling, President
Randy Melchert reports on the hearing HERE. Melchert describes this testimony: "Following a supporter of the bill, Matt Sande, Legislative Affairs Director for Pro Life Wisconsin, representing 35,000 Wisconsinites who were unable to make the hastily scheduled public hearing, spokeand about three minutes into his summary, the Chair cut him off. Following discussions among the committee, Sande was granted 15-20 seconds to finish his testimony. Rep. Leah Vukmir objected to the seemingly arbitrary time limits of the committee and confronted Rep. Pope-Roberts, who attempted to repeatedly gavel Rep. Vukmir into submission.
Here is the video:
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