204-Cape Referendum with Board Members Dr. Myers and Mrs. Tyndall
Description
Sean, Alison and Jessica talk about:
(2:47 ) Voter Turnout, Polling Locations and additional Polling Booths for May's referendum
(8:15 ) County reassessment impacting Cape’s school tax rate
(17:45 ) Cape District property values and being a destination for families in part because of the Capital Projects
(26:11 ) Purchasing 102 acres for 15 million dollars and the construction options for that land and why Cape is not able to build in front of H.O.B in Milton
(45:30 ) Sussex County Counsil choosing to not collect Impact fees and how that affects Cape
(1:10:48 ) Spending 21 million dollars on building a new district office and the benefits of having all district office employees in the same building
(1:25:10 ) District office employee positions and administrator pay
(1:36:48 ) Why middle schools are going from 4 to 3 person teams, earning and placing teacher unit, not wanting to 100% locally fund teacher positions
(1:50:34 ) Plans to update the facilities at Mariner and Beacon
(2:03:00 ) Impact of the referendum not passing on staff and students including Cafeteria, Custodian, Support Staff and substitute pay
(2:15:00 ) Why the Fred Thomas Building couldn’t be renovated to become the new District Office
(2:21:20 ) The athletic budget being 80k over and why it was a 1 time occurrence
(2:33:57 ) Some staff feeling District Office and Adminstration does not enforcing discipline, attendance and dress code policies
(2:42:33 ) What Cape currently has that will be lost if the referendum does not pass and closing remarks
Get 2 Know more about Cape’s Referendum
https://www.capehenlopenschools.com/referendum2024
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