Redevelopment Conspiracy wrote on Oct 13, 2008 9:23 PM:The high school district is working with the City to hide how much the district will get in redevelopment funds. The San Diego County Taxpayers Association stated the the high school district may get between $82 million and $254 million from the Escondido Redevelopment Agency for new school construction. That amount is many times more than the superindendent claims they will get. Read more at:
www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/10/11/news/inland/escondido/z77aa0e52c70744e6882574de005be387.txt

Escondidite wrote on Oct 13, 2008 9:25 PM:Oh My. Kurt, you worked with the board to develop this disaster of a bond measure which will only benefit the college bound kids, and will destroy education for everyone else for the next 50 years...
then you voted against approving it.

Now you want us all to believe that you are in favor of the bond and all its problems.

For the goodness sakes, which is it?

Vote no on T

Subprime Financing wrote on Oct 13, 2008 9:30 PM:The Prop T subprime financing plan is this: no payments for 11 years, then payments for 33 years. Waiting to start collecting the taxes to pay the Prop T bonds will cost taxpayers at least an extra $80 million in financing costs. Taxpayers will have paid $400 to 500 million in higher property taxes by the time the $98 million is paid off (after 2050).

No incumbents wrote on Oct 13, 2008 9:33 PM:Every member of the current board of the Escondido Union High School District deserves to be voted out of office. They have spent countless dollars studying numerous sites for a new school, which they finally realized is not needed. These members have needlessly disrupted hundreds of resident's lives and have produced nothing.

Meanwhile, their negligence has led to the demise of public education because of the proliferation of incompetent administrators at the District level, and the loss of quality personnel because of the District's bizarre management style.

It is long past time for major change at the EUHSD. That change must start at the top.

Kurt, you are a great person, but you must either lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Escondido Resident wrote on Oct 13, 2008 9:34 PM:Vote No on T

Good Luck wrote on Oct 13, 2008 9:46 PM:Looking at the conditions in the schools, the fact that the District is only interested in working with College bound kids, and has completely disregarded all other students, Marler and all of his cronies are going to have a really tough time being re-elected.

Snowder was the smart one by not even trying.

Enough wrote on Oct 13, 2008 10:09 PM:Eight years is more than enough.

No vote for Marler from this Escondido resident!

No vote for Prop T from this Escondido resident!

And a vote of no confidence for the HS district and the city for allowing more students to crowd the schools and upset the learning possibilities for the existing students!

Vote No on Marler & Prop T.

And Vote No on George McClure - two peas from the same pod!

Gimmeabreak wrote on Oct 14, 2008 5:19 AM:So, why does Marler get a lengthy write up all about him, and the rest of the candidates get snubbed? Equal time, NC Times, cover all the candidates or none, lest you lose any claim to objectivity.

chubbs wrote on Oct 14, 2008 8:35 AM:From the article, "He also said he is proud that the board has been able to work well with the Escondido City Council as well as among themselves."

Obviously the problem is the board does not work well with the council. If they did the schools would have the tax money meant for the schools twenty four years after redevelopment passed.

I am voting against Prop T. And, I am only going to vote for one high school board candidate. The only one who opposes Prop T. That candidate is Bill Durney.

No way Marler wrote on Oct 14, 2008 10:32 AM:Marler has been a contributing factor in trying to slide Prop T past the voters, making it sound like it won't affect our taxes. EUHSD has has spent, and continues to spend, thousands of dollars on a bond consulting firm whose job it is to get bond such as this passed in California.

No way will this taxpayer for for Kurt Marler or Prop T!

$98M Bond in this economy? Vote NO on T

Marler supports the bond wrote on Oct 14, 2008 10:50 AM:Yet he voted against it at the board meeting in August. He admits he has reservations about the terms of repayment. I, too, have reservations, which is why I will vote NO on the bond.
I will also do my best to vote him off the EUHSD board, and when the others time comes, vote them off, too.
NO ON T, NO ON MARLER

Overcrowding wrote on Oct 14, 2008 2:15 PM:How about rather than building new schools and spending money we don't have we look at who should be in the classroom and who should not. Not one of these board memebers or those running address that. We should get Abed or Gallo on this board.

Flip-flop wrote on Oct 14, 2008 3:20 PM:Marler has been pushing this bond for over a year, then was the only "nay" vote when the board voted. Now he says he supports it. Which is it, Kurt?

Voting No on T, Voting No on Marler

Agree with Overcrowding wrote on Oct 14, 2008 3:47 PM:If we weren't educating students who don't belong here, the classrooms wouldn't be overcrowded. No one dares go near that issue except Bill Durney. And, he's the only one so far that does not support the Prop T bond. Get someone on the school board who will stick up for the taxpayers and their kids who deserve a good education but are being crowded out by those who should not be here in the first place.

to Overcrowding wrote on Oct 14, 2008 3:51 PM:While the school district is somewhat powerless as to who comes to the classroom, they do have some control over what is taught - and how.

Bill Durney is running for school board, and on his web site, it states:
Educating non-citizen students - I believe that we need to provide a good education for our citizens. And I don't mean just anyone who lives here. To me, if you want to go to school here, you should be a U.S. citizen.

Bill also believes that instruction should be taught in English. If a non-English learner needs additional assistance with English, that can be provided. Check out Prop 227, passed in 1998 by an overwhelming majority. It requires all public school instruction be conducted in English, but has provisions for school districts to override it.

If you google Bill Durney EUHSD, you'll find his site.

I remember that wrote on Oct 14, 2008 5:02 PM:Prop 227, English in the public schools.
Another issue passed by the voters that has been overturned or totally ignored.
Sounds like Mr. Durney is the only school board candidate who isn't afraid to approach controversial issues. I wonder if NCT will write such a glowing
profile of him. It's pretty obvious that since NCT is backing the $98 million bond issue, Kurt Marler, and Jose Fragozo, Bill Durney might not get such rave reviews.

Esco teacher wrote on Oct 14, 2008 9:41 PM:FYI, everybody, all of the instruction in our District, except in foreign language classes, does take place in English. I teach English Language Development 1 classes (for newcomers) and sheltered English classes. I am fluent in Spanish, but never use it for instruction.