Fenton's $9.6 million bond was voted down Tuesday.
On Tuesday voters denied Fenton School's $9.6 million bond. A low turnout of 12.56 percent of registered voters turned down the proposal, with 1,110 residents voting no and 921 voting yes. Many Fenton Patch readers shared their opinions in the comments and on the Fenton Patch Facebook Page. Here is a look at what they said. Many residents were very disappointed with the results. "...People, many, many people in every economic situation in our community pay more than $50 a WEEK for cigarettes, but will not invest $50 a YEAR in the future of our young people. To me that is warped," posted Kristie Trapp. Matt D. Vultaggio commented, "That's too bad..I guess at home updated technology is more important than higher learning through modern …
Technology leading to changes in classroom instruction.
Many people shop online. They handle banking transactions and communicate with friends and business associates through email. In the span of a few short years, technology has transformed the daily lives of Americans. These days it is also revolutionizing the classroom and is one of the driving forces behind Fenton Schools $9.6 million bond proposal, which will be on the May 8th ballot. The bond proposal calls for $6.4 million on technology including wireless access at the school, replacing older computers with current operating systems and software and upgrading the district data network in order to increase performance and capacity. Instruction on camera Students in Sarah Foster’s eighth-grade math class at Andrew G. Schmidt Middle School…
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Lenny Haise
11:18 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
It's only $$ it's only$$$ it's only adds up to $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Enough! more ›