The School Adequacy trial continues and the more people that know about it, the better. Many people are not being told the complete truth about it. People may not realize it is their money that is being used to sue the state, money they thought was going to paying for the schools. It is unfortunate the taxpayers have been lead astray. Americans for Prosperity is letting the people know the truth through automated calls.
While reading my morning paper, I found people are getting the message and many people are calling the schools asking why they are suing.
If this case were won in the Supreme Court somehow, it would only drain money from other much needed services across Missouri, ones that cannot get along without the funding. The schools should be able to use their current funding better. Furthermore, there is no correlation between increase funding and achievement rates or even graduation rates.
This is part of the article I read in the Ozarks Newsstand:
Carl Bearden, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Missouri chapter and former Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem defends the recent phone campaign.
"We just want to inform the taxpayers of Missouri and let them know what is going on," he said. "The school boards are telling the communities they are suing the state, but the taxpayers make up that state-they are suing them."
Bearden said residents are misinformed and "not happy when they realize the truth of the matter."
"Districts such as Nixa and Republic have received double digit funding increases over the past year while the state average has remained at 4 percent," he said. "We want to make sure people are aware of this. The districts are using their money in the courtroom to ask for more not in the classroom where it should be going."
Maybe this calling scheme will give the taxpayers a glimpse of the truth and they can encourage their schools to stop wasting money before more is lost!
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