Reverend Kevass Harding’s Wichita TIF District: A Bad Deal in Several Ways
Posted on August 12, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Schools, Wichita, free markets | Leave a Comment
I’m tempted to ask this rhetorical question: Why don’t we strip away all the confusion and obfuscation surrounding TIF districts and just give the developers $2.5 million? See Reverend Kevass Harding’s Wichita TIF District: A Bad Deal in Several Ways
Read More..>>Wichita Public School District’s Taxation Without Information
Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Taxes, Wichita | Leave a Comment
Taxation without information. I wish I could take credit for inventing this phrase that I recently heard someone use. It captures very well the key characteristic of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, and its campaign for the proposed 2008 bond issue.
The full article is here: http://wichitaliberty.org/node/711
Wichita School Bond Issue: Surrounding Districts Are Growing and Building New Facilities
Posted on June 17, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Schools, Wichita | Leave a Comment
Supporters of the proposed bond issue for USD 259, the Wichita, Kansas public school district, say that Wichita schoolchildren deserve the same nice and new facilities that many of the surrounding suburban districts have been building. Typical is an editorial in The Wichita Eagle on February 10, 2008, stating “The [Wichita school] district officials kept [...]
Read More..>>Wichita School Bond Issue: Is Economic Impact Real?
Posted on June 16, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Schools, Wichita | Leave a Comment
The fact that government spends money does not mean it is spent wisely in ways that create wealth and makes people better off. Does a study the Wichita, Kansas school district relies on have an opinion about the wisdom of school district spending?
The full story is here: http://wichitaliberty.org/node/707.
Wichita School District Economic Impact
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Economics, Education, Kansas, Schools, Wichita | 1 Comment
In February 2008, Janet Harrah of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University produced a report titled “Wichita Public Schools: Impact Analysis Operations Impact, Bond Impact and Success Measures.” This report painted a glowing picture of the USD 259 (Wichita, Kansas public school district) bond issue in 2000. The district [...]
Read More..>>Support the Wichita School Bond Issue For Our Community
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Schools, Wichita | Leave a Comment
In a letter printed in the May 30, 2008 Wichita Eagle, Margaret Wooldridge of Park City, Kansas criticizes opponents of the proposed bond issue for USD 259, the Wichita, Kansas public school district. The mysterious “Boondoggler” at Wichita 259 Truth exposes the several problems with this letter in the post BOE Meetings and Letters.
In my [...]
Wichita Public Schools as a Public Good
Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Economics, Education, Kansas, Schools, Wichita | Leave a Comment
An audio recording of this article may be heard here.
Supporters of the proposed bond issue for USD 259, the Wichita, Kansas public school district, portray Wichita’s public schools as a “public good.” Therefore, the entire community should pay for — and be happy to pay for — the ongoing operations of the schools, and should [...]
Let’s Spend on Wichita School Facilities, But Not Maintain Them?
Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Schools, Wichita | Leave a Comment
A writer in The Wichita Eagle (May 21, 2008) makes the case that since one of the persons opposed to the proposed USD 259 (Wichita public school district) bond issue in 2008 hasn’t been in a Wichita public school for many years, he isn’t as credible as he could be. If he would take a [...]
Read More..>>Wichita Public Schools: Open Records Requests Are a Burden
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Open records, Schools | 2 Comments
Listen to an audio boardcast of this article here.
I recently learned that USD 259 (the Wichita, Kansas public school district) considers it a burden when citizens make requests for records. At least that’s what Lynn Rogers, vice-president of the board of USD 259, told me at a May 12, 2008 meeting when I was invited [...]
Focus on Class Size in Wichita Leads to Misspent Resources
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Wichita | Leave a Comment
A popular measure proposed to produce better educational outcomes in public schools today is to reduce class size. The Wichita, Kansas public school district is currently proposing a bond issue with a partial goal of reducing class size. At least some of the recently-mandated increase in school spending in Kansas was used to reduce class [...]
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