Johnston’s Proposed School Finance Bill is One Big Tax Hike

by Randall Smith | 11:24 pm, February 18, 2013

Democrat Senator Mike Johnston has rolled out a new school finance plan. You can read the full plan on Johnston’s website. As you might guess from a Democrat funding bill, it’s big on tax hikes.

The 144 page plan lays out a plan to change the funding…

Alamosa Schools to Build Football Stadium; Can’t Fund Gifted and Talented

by Randall Smith | 7:41 pm, November 9, 2012

For the second election in a row, the Alamosa School Board of Education begged Alamosans to raise taxes to build a new football stadium. Unlike last year, the voters let them do it despite the horrendous academic performance of AHS students on Colorado…

The Continuing Failure of Alamosa Schools

by Randall Smith | 12:16 am, October 20, 2012

It must be nice for the Alamosa Board of Education to have the Valley Courier writing articles to support their agenda. It was the same last year and the theme continues again this year. Though, it is nice to actually get some answers from the BoE, no …

Stadium Proposal Continues Alamosa Board of Education’s Failures

by Randall Smith | 9:51 pm, October 1, 2012

I’ve been thinking a great deal about the Alamosa Board of Education’s plan to waste $8 million on a football stadium. The city council and county commissioners came out is favor of the proposal, of course. And why not? After all, it’s not the city or …

Report Challenges K-12 Tax Hikes

by Jon Caldara | 4:03 pm, September 27, 2012

School districts seeking tax increases face the challenge of persuading voters whose incomes have taken a harder hit in recent years. Senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow’s colorful, two-page issue backgrounder “Colorado K-12 Tax Hikes Challenged” shows four of the five largest school districts with mill levy and/or bond issues on the ballot increased per-student [...]

Alamosa BOE Promotes Athletics Over Academics

by Randall Smith | 10:07 pm, September 5, 2012

Oh, goodie. The Alamosa Board of Education has approved the language of the ballot question which asks voters to give them $8 million to not educate students.

Leaving aside the complete ridiculousness of the claim that extending a tax to confiscate a…

Broncos Fan Banned From Wearing Peyton Manning Jersey at School

by Randall Smith | 5:56 pm, September 5, 2012

Episode 149,945,885,344 in the saga of Zero Tolerance equals Zero Sense.

A third-grade student in Greeley, Colorado was told he could not wear a Peyton Manning Denver Broncos jersey to school because, well …

“They told me I couldn’t wear 18 anym…

Alamosa BOE Votes to Waste Money on a Stadium While Students Fail

by Randall Smith | 10:12 pm, August 22, 2012

Once again, the Alamosa Board of Education has voted to ignore the failure of Alamosa High School to education their student population and, instead, are pushing for the construction of a new stadium. They would rather ignore the fact that more than ha…

Alamosa BOE Votes to Waste Money on a Stadium While Students Fail

by Randall Smith | 10:12 pm, August 22, 2012

Once again, the Alamosa Board of Education has voted to ignore the failure of Alamosa High School to education their student population and, instead, are pushing for the construction of a new stadium. They would rather ignore the fact that more than ha…

Group Calls for More Education Spending But Is It Worth It?

by Randall Smith | 4:15 pm, August 5, 2012

There are always cries for more funding for education. Last November, there was a ballot initiative in Colorado to raise taxes specifically to increase school funding. That measure was soundly defeated. Despite that, there are still groups pushing for …

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