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. These potential employees support our tax base, but are often not hired. Recently, the board hired a teacher from outside the community who will be paid a salary greater than the teachers with 25 years of teaching experience in this district. The Homer-Center School Board must feel that taxpayers can afford to pay the present premiums for health care.