It Takes A Millage to Educate A Child
Why?
We need good schools, and our schools are in trouble
Our state has been spending less and less of our “income” on our public schools for the last ten years. Nearly every school district in the state has been cutting back every year. Now, state funding for schools is in jeopardy because of the economy, and the Federal stimulus money is about to run out. We need to step up as a community, and take back the fate of our schools.
Invest in our kids
Our children need the best preparation possible for the jobs of the future, no matter what they do after high school. The economy is changing, and our schools need the resources to get our kids ready.
Invest in our community
Good schools bring jobs. People want to live in communities with good schools, not schools that are always in a funding crisis. Good schools attract businesses and people into the area, and help support property values. Good schools make our neighborhoods and communities nice places to live.
The money stays here
Every penny raised by this millage would stay in the county and go directly to teaching the children in the ten districts of the WISD: Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Dexter, Lincoln, Manchester, Milan, Saline, Whitmore Lake, Willow Run and Ypsilanti. The state government has not been able to fund our schools adequately; it’s time to take the fate of our schools back into our own hands.