The committee formed to promote Proposition Y in the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District, Keep MRH Strong, has received $1,825 in contributions from 23 contributors, according to its 40 Day Before Report filed online with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
All but one contribution is in the $25 to $100 range. Bernard McMackin contributed $1,000. All contributors are itemized in the group’s 40 Day Before Report, on the Missouri Ethics Commission website.
The report covers the time period from Jan. 22 to Feb. 20. The money on hand is $3,324.
The expenditures in the time period is $403. The only itemized expense — over $100 — is for T-shirts, to Tiny Little Monster.
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Campaigns and candidates that receive at least $1,000 in contributions or at least $325 from a single contributor are required to form a committee and file a report. A report will also be required eight days before the election (April 5) for candidates or campaigns that qualify.
According to the MRH school district, enrollment (Pre-K through 12) has increased 37.8 percent in the past 10 years, and continues to grow, which is the key factor driving the district’s operating budget needs.
The money spent on eduction for our town and residents is well worth it.
I’m a young parent and I moved here because of the ECC and our improving school districts. I have recruited friends to move nearby as well.
The small increase in property taxes will pay dividends as Maplewood continues to make itself one of the most attractive a cities in St. Louis County.
It will be incredibly disappointing if prop y fails as it will represent a failure for our future – and make it a lot harder for me to recruit other young families.
Please pay something off before asking us to raise our taxes again. It seems like this is now an annual thing. We already pay more than Clayton and Brentwood. Thank you.
Where are all the children coming from? there is a baby bust, not many children were born during the past few years. Yes more families are moving in, however there really are not that many children, not compared to when my daughters were in ECC.
It’s possible, Margaret, that the ECC has been more crowded before. I don’t know what years your children attended. It is important, however, to keep in mind that kindergarten and 1st grade classes at the ECC–and at the elementary school, for that matter–do not have aids or helpers in the classroom. They have one teacher only. Currently the class sizes are between 20-22. If Prop Y fails, the number could possibly reach 28 kids per classroom and still with only one teacher.
I think the school district needs to re-think and make the cuts in administration. Or have the administrators do teaching some of the teaching.