School Changes

[Anmar]

lol, well, I'm more of an Oakland guy myself. 

[Diane Amberg]

Could you at least do an Alumni fund drive to have the high school roof repaired?

[Rudy Taylor]

You could, Diane, but the last time I check on the price of Alumni, the price was just horrible.

Of course, some of them "think" they're worth a fortune, but then .....

[Diane Amberg]

YOU are gonna get it!

[L Hendricks]

Diane - Great idea on the Alumni - too bad there is not a West Elk Alumni Association - since it has only been around since the 70s... now there is still a Howard Alumni, Moline Alumni, Severy Alumni, Elk Falls Alumni, Busby Alumni, Grenola Alumni,  Longton Alumni - shoot might even be a Fiat & Cave Spring Alumni if you dig far enough....

[rickperk]

My ramblings won't mean too much since I'm not a resident of Elk County anymore, but I think Liz's last point says a lot about my home county.  I don't know why we can't get together and be one County.  I used to think 90% of the County had intentions to make it the best it can be but the last vote on the school was the last straw that leads me down a different thought process.  Whether you thought it was a 5.5mln bond or a 3.5mln bond is just window dressing for the real reasons that it was voted down.   Face it the bottom line is Elk County as a whole does not want to change, there is no desire to move into the next century, and you know that's OK, the people have spoken.  Elections have consequences as we can see by electing a very liberal, socialistic President.  But that is what the electoral and populus of the US voted in.  This is the same in Elk County.  We are going to get health care, large bailouts, and carbon taxation all shoved down our throats because those are the people we voted into office.  On the same hand, Elk County is going to stay in isolation from the rest of the world, keep losing population, keep losing main street business, and foremost with this election lose a once very good academic school system.  But, that is what they always vote for and deep down that is what most of the residents want.  This mentality started a long time ago, maybe 30 to 40 years ago.  I can remember while growing up that various industries tried to come into the County but the mentality was, WE DONT' NEED THEM, THEY'LL USE TOO MUCH OF OUR WATER, IT MIGHT KILL OUR CATTLE INDUSTRY, ETC.  My humble advice to those age 40 years and less, consider your opportunities given this mentality and then compare the pros and cons of living somewhere else.  Elk County has very good, hard-working people in it but they want to stay in the 1950's and that's OK, hopefully there is enough money to be made from cattle ranching and rich people hunting!!

[Jo McDonald]

Rick, the statement that I am about to type, will sound very harsh, I am sure---but, your post about our county, certainly would do nothing to encourage people to move here.  We need encouragement to be put forth, NOT discouragement.

[Diane Amberg]

Um, Um, Um....I'm on dangerous ground I know, but I just have to say, it would be nice to change the article on the home page.. The article on your water is old now and smelly water won't encourage people to come there either.

[ladyD]

LadyD, my ballot said that the vote was whether or not to accept a bond to construct a new school at Howard, it did not say any of that other stuff. I too have heard all these threats from several people, but those issues were not on the ballot were they?

I Know it must be confusing to some that dont attend the information meetings and board meeting and SPECIAL board meetings.  There has been several things discussed and for several years.  The construction of a new building was the last issue at hand.  The one before that was being at one central location as we have to close both schools because of the lack of funding and high cost of mantenance of both buildings. Informed Voters understood if you voted yes, we would be building a new building, and voting no meant we wouldnt spend 5.5 million on a new building, but put pods, trailers or what ever at the high school.  If they wanted to know if you wanted to centralize our district they would have used that question on the ballot. 

[ladyD]

My ramblings won't mean too much since I'm not a resident of Elk County anymore, but I think Liz's last point says a lot about my home county.  I don't know why we can't get together and be one County.  I used to think 90% of the County had intentions to make it the best it can be but the last vote on the school was the last straw that leads me down a different thought process.  Whether you thought it was a 5.5mln bond or a 3.5mln bond is just window dressing for the real reasons that it was voted down.   Face it the bottom line is Elk County as a whole does not want to change, there is no desire to move into the next century, and you know that's OK, the people have spoken.  Elections have consequences as we can see by electing a very liberal, socialistic President.  But that is what the electoral and populus of the US voted in.  This is the same in Elk County.  We are going to get health care, large bailouts, and carbon taxation all shoved down our throats because those are the people we voted into office.  On the same hand, Elk County is going to stay in isolation from the rest of the world, keep losing population, keep losing main street business, and foremost with this election lose a once very good academic school system.  But, that is what they always vote for and deep down that is what most of the residents want.  This mentality started a long time ago, maybe 30 to 40 years ago.  I can remember while growing up that various industries tried to come into the County but the mentality was, WE DONT' NEED THEM, THEY'LL USE TOO MUCH OF OUR WATER, IT MIGHT KILL OUR CATTLE INDUSTRY, ETC.  My humble advice to those age 40 years and less, consider your opportunities given this mentality and then compare the pros and cons of living somewhere else.  Elk County has very good, hard-working people in it but they want to stay in the 1950's and that's OK, hopefully there is enough money to be made from cattle ranching and rich people hunting!!


WOW! Very well said.