January 16, 2012
LETTER TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
Missouri faces a budget shortfall of over $500 million in tax revenue for the upcoming fiscal year. In previous years education funding has been cut to address budget shortfalls. I agree with Missouri Senator Jason Crowell, R – Cape Girardeau, who says: “We must stop balancing the budget on the backs of our children through education cuts.”
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On February 7, 2012, voters who live in the Nixa School District overwhelming passed the no-tax-increase school bond issue. The $9 million that will be generated from the bond issue will be used to do major updates and improvements to the High School, the Junior High School, Inman Intermediate, and Mathews Elementary schools. The School District will also be able to purchase 20 new school buses, which are needed to replace a number of aging buses.
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