Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Huntley Citizen Aileen Seedorf Gets Activated
“They’re projecting too many kids,” she continued. “If you look at their Ehlers study, it refers to a 1996 chart.”
“This is 2006,” she observed, suggesting that household trends are probably different now.
“I’ve got five houses in a row with no kids,” the Southwind resident said. “It’s not like every street is like that. I just know there are other streets that don’t have a ton of kids.”
“Their projections for kids are way too high. They’re talking 7,200 new kids over five years or 1,440 per year. I’m thinking more in the range of 500 or 600 kids per year with a possible burst,” Seedorf explained.
And, the logical conclusion, if her assumption is correct?
“My understanding is that they are looking for a lot of money to cover these kids and, if they’re not there, you don’t need to hire as many teachers. Your operating expenditure per pupil is going to be a lot less. And you don’t need as much money.”
She also found what might be a little mistake, but it raised her eyebrows.
“They’re showing (on the web site) two audits, one for 2003-04 and the other one showing is 2005-06…but actually, it’s 2004-05,” she pointed out.
“If they make typographical errors like this that involve access to pertinent referendum information, it just makes me think harder.
“When you’ve listened to all the exaggerations that D-158 put out, you’re wary and you develop almost a sixth sense for inflated numbers,” Seedorf said.
“District 300’s financial projections don’t appear to match up with their own enrollment numbers. Either their financial projections are wrong or their enrollment numbers are wrong, but, together they seem inconsistent.”
To return to McHenry County Blog, click here.
“This is 2006,” she observed, suggesting that household trends are probably different now.
“I’ve got five houses in a row with no kids,” the Southwind resident said. “It’s not like every street is like that. I just know there are other streets that don’t have a ton of kids.”
“Their projections for kids are way too high. They’re talking 7,200 new kids over five years or 1,440 per year. I’m thinking more in the range of 500 or 600 kids per year with a possible burst,” Seedorf explained.
And, the logical conclusion, if her assumption is correct?
“My understanding is that they are looking for a lot of money to cover these kids and, if they’re not there, you don’t need to hire as many teachers. Your operating expenditure per pupil is going to be a lot less. And you don’t need as much money.”
She also found what might be a little mistake, but it raised her eyebrows.
“They’re showing (on the web site) two audits, one for 2003-04 and the other one showing is 2005-06…but actually, it’s 2004-05,” she pointed out.
“If they make typographical errors like this that involve access to pertinent referendum information, it just makes me think harder.
“When you’ve listened to all the exaggerations that D-158 put out, you’re wary and you develop almost a sixth sense for inflated numbers,” Seedorf said.
“District 300’s financial projections don’t appear to match up with their own enrollment numbers. Either their financial projections are wrong or their enrollment numbers are wrong, but, together they seem inconsistent.”
To return to McHenry County Blog, click here.
# posted by Cal Skinner : 7:44 AM
