They have asked their taxpayers to believe that the district cannot afford binding arbitration. We believe that we cannot afford to ignore binding arbitration. If tax money were as big an issue as we are led to believe, then we wouldn't be able to afford much of the elaborate spending that has taken place recently. Let's look at how our tax money has recently been used by current board members. This has been going on for 20 months.
All new construction is devoted to office space and a cafetorium stage.
This salary is at the upper end of the spectrum when compared with all other county superintendents, second only to Indiana Area School District, and yet both our staff and student populations are the smallest in the county. This is also in sharp contrast to the salaries paid to district teachers who have the second lowest career rate of all county schools. Taxpayers can obviously afford paid newspaper advertising during a news blackout. No other district in this county has used tax money for political gain. Taxpayers obviously can afford to overlook local job candidates.