Well, today’s voting day wasn’t as exciting as it was last year. his year the only thing bringing us to the polls was a school referendum. The district is broker than broke and laid off a good chunk of teachers this year along with getting rid of just about every sport they couldn’t combine with a neighboring district.

I hate to admit this, but one of the biggest reasons why we are moving is because of the school here. It’s a tiny district made up of 2 towns – one town has the elementary while the other has the high school. There are some sports for the guys, but very very little for the girls. The options for classes are slim as well. It makes me sad to see how different of an education some of these kids are getting compared to what I got when I was a kid.

…and I am totally not doing the whole “when I was a kid we walked to school … up hill .. both ways!” thing. I was afforded several advanced placements classes as well as just about every sport the guys played. OK, I most definitely was not a sports person, but I was a huge music and drama person. They no longer have music and art classes at my daughter’s school. Her teacher might teach art, when she has the time.

These referendums (there were 3 of them) would more than likely double the property taxes of those who live in the district. Sounds awful, right? Except we pay less than $200 a year in property taxes. Get your jaw up off the floor.

When we move we’re going to pay 5 times that.

Looking at the news now, it looks like only 1 of the three passed. It’s better than nothing, but the school needs more. These kids deserve more. They deserve to go to a school where they don’t need to dress in layers because the heat is turned down so much. They deserve to have swimming lessons instead of having them canceled because they can’t afford to fix the pool. They deserve so much more, but I don’t think they’ll ever get it.

I am a huge asshole in it all, because we’re fleeing. We want better for our kids (without them having to sit on the bus for a very long time).