LTE: District 128 Fees
August 7, 2006 by admin
Filed under Funding Reform
I found this interesting letter in the Daily Herald this morning. It was asking about all the fees being paid to Libertyville High School District 128 in light of the taxes already being paid to the district.
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Wondering about those Dist. 128 fees I’m curious to know if you Libertyville District 128 parents believe we shouldn’t be paying the yearly fees and extra charges the schools are charging us. This year, I wrote two checks for $160 for both of my high school kids totaling a whopping $320. We were also charged for fees we did not pay during the school year. They included keyboarding ($100 per child), Spanish ($25 per child), and miscellaneous classes were an additional $30 charge. Article 10 of the Illinois Constitution states that the public schools are free. The law states that public schools’ budgets are supposed to come from our taxes. So what happened here? I don’t know about you, but I look at my tax bill, scratch my head and think, aren’t we paying enough in taxes? Since when does the school, which is part of the government, not have to obey laws? Where is that money that we’re sending in going anyway? I’d be interested in your feedback. Please e-mail me at sandychuck@anet.com. Sandy Kamen Wisniewski |
This continues to make myself and others wonder why school districts cannot control their spending and always need to ask for more money. If you have ever listened to the rhetoric of a district trying to pass a referendum you will hear how they think this money is deserved. They have almost no regard for what it will do to the citizens in the district. They just want what they believe is their money no matter.
