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Welcome to V.O.T.E.!
V.O.T.E. is a student led group that joined together to inform and persuade voters to vote on the school levy issue on April 6th. V.O.T.E. consists of Students from Benton, Central, and Lafayette high schools. Please check back for updates, and don't forget to express your opinions in the guestbook at the bottom of this page.
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Passage of the levy will maintain the current level of programs and services.
A 'yes" vote would mean:
--All neighborhood schools will remain open.
--Class sizes will remain small.
--Children can continue to go to schools they attend on transfers.
--Children who live a mile or more from school can ride a school bus.
--Children will continue to benefit from current alternative school programs.
--Students can choose from current levels of extracurricular activities.
A "no" vote would result in:
-- A loss of one or more neighborhood schools,depending on the depth of the cuts.
--Increase in class sizes.
--The elimination of 200 to 300 jobs.
--Redrawn school boundary lines, which would shift thousands of students to new schools.
--The elimination of almost all transfers.
--Reduced school-bus transportation.
--The reduction or elimination of alternative schools.
--The reduction of fine-arts and activities programs, or a 'user' fee being adopted.
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If the levy doesn't pass student-teacher relationships will not exist because of the high class sizes. This will reduce the number of graduates greatly.
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