Comments

scout wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:08 PM:

" I would be willing to give all of the money for the trip. All I would want in return is for enough of the students (and parents if necessary) to sign over their PFD checks for 2009 to make up the amount, along with a very modest 7% interest. This way the students can attend the festivities without ripping off the tax payers and at the same time they get a lesson in economics (and how life really works!) "




School Board should not have called a special session wrote on Dec 29, 2008 11:43 AM:

" Are you kidding me? I guarantee you that if other groups had known that the school board was going to give them $25,000 they would have applied to march in the parade. You know going in you have to pay for it yourself , you fund raise, parents pay the rest. How is this different than any other school trip? Good luck to the fundraising kids and parents, if I come across anyone out there raising money I"ll donate. Please don't use our district money for a specific trip involving one school and a handful of kids. "




Not Appropriate wrote on Dec 29, 2008 11:26 AM:

" It is irresponsible to give a select number of students this money, I'm surprised that Jim Colver is even considering it. I"m sure many students see their trips out of state as a once in a lifetime opportunity. If we have extra money in the budget lets vote about where it would best be spent. "




To confused wrote on Dec 29, 2008 10:47 AM:

" What don't don't you get. Just because it is historic does not justify spending public education dollars. My nephew is in student government. His class followed the election from start to finish. Maybe the school district should pay for his class to go so they can see it through to the end and Obama's beginning. No matter how you spin it it is not fair for the district to allocate public education money for one group of students and not another. maybe we should send drama club to watch a Broadway play. And the football team to the superbowl "




No free hand out wrote on Dec 29, 2008 10:43 AM:

" Hey I am all for them going so much so I have donated money on several occasions to their cause. My point is why should they get special treatment when all the others have to raise their own money. I did not hear the school board step up when Wasilla girls bball traveled to Juneau. Be realistic, yes it is historic and I hope they go but if the district has the surplus money it should be shared evenly. "




Woodbnek wrote on Dec 29, 2008 9:30 AM:

" I have yet to see one band member or parent fundraising in our community. Get out there and get to work and earn your way! No tax dollars for extracaricular activities. Do not open that pandoras box for bailouts. What will be next? "




Wasilla_blogzilla wrote on Dec 29, 2008 8:43 AM:

" Another high school band is going outside during spring break. The trip is being paid for by parents and fund raisers. At about $3,500/student, they did not ask for this kind of subsidy. The Colony district which is as a whole largely anti-tax should not be treated any different. The funding should be spent on local projects and events. Don't tell me if some of the more apathetic parents got off their lazy rear ends that some sort of solution could be found. It's always the few that do all the work. "




Lynn Gattis wrote on Dec 29, 2008 8:37 AM:

" This band has an account at Wells Fargo and a donation "point" on the web page

www.chsmusicboosters.com

Any band student/parent would be glad to meet and pick up a check.

Thank you so much for the folks from all over this state that have supported this! "




confused wrote on Dec 29, 2008 7:25 AM:

" This is one of the biggest moments in the history of our country and you are complaining about giving some high school kids an opportunity to participate in it? "




Tanche wrote on Dec 29, 2008 6:16 AM:

" Sure would be a shame for the kids to miss out on this. Good Luck! "




No free handout. wrote on Dec 28, 2008 11:02 PM:

" Why should my tax dollars go to send the band to Washington. If the district has extra money for this why not use that money for new computers, maybe school repairs, why not use that extra money to hire another teacher at my kids school so her class size can be reduced to a more acceptable level. If you give the band this money then you better offer it to choir, drama, football, baseball on and on and on. Each band member should have to pay their own way. "




I remember wrote on Dec 28, 2008 9:24 PM:

" when Su Valley sent a marching band to Wash DC for an inaugral parade...what a proud moment that was and money came from all over the state to send those kids. No one complained, we were all just PROUD! The word went out over radio and TV and those who could sent a few bucks. Do they gave an account set upanywhere? "




brvak wrote on Dec 28, 2008 5:00 PM:

" Maybe Washington has some Band Bailout money? Or how about some help from the Alaska turns 50 years old people? Didn't each one of these kids receive 3200 bucks from the state of alaska this quarter? "