Letters to the Editor 5-12-22
A minus Dear ER: The proposed Manhattan Beach parcel tax is unwarranted for two reasons: There is a more effective way to raise revenues: Restoring enrollments to their 2018 levels would raise more money than the parcel tax. Moreover, the fact that enrollments have fallen indicates the funding problem is one of MBUSD’s own making. The quality of education declined, students fled, and state funding decreased by the amount of the enrollment decline. Providing more money to a school system parents don’t want their children to attend is not going to increase property values. Anne Marie Knott Manhattan Beach A plus Dear ER: Vote yes on Measure A to give Manhattan Beach schools more money under more local control. No one in Washington DC or Sacramento is going to give us the money to fix the decades of underfunding in MBUSD. We didn’t create this problem, but we also can’t wait around and expect someone else to solve it for us. Now is our chance to provide a long-term solution to funding our schools before it’s too late. Approving Measure A allows us to keep the money raised and keep control over how that money is spent. It’s not money we send off to Sacramento so the state can choose…
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