Looking for a way to tell your friends and neighbors its OK to vote NO on the pool referendum? Heres a letter a Vote NO supporter sent to her local contacts. A great template to create your own personal letter. Do it this weekend!!! #D200VoteNO
According to recent statements, the school board and Vote Yes proponents would have voters believe that voting NO means that: 1) there are no other options and the pools will continue to deteriorate as they “go back to the drawing board;” and 2) you do not support our community’s high school and the success of its students. Both of these are untrue. You cannot undo the planning, design and budgeting that went into other options – they still exist and will be there to consider and hopefully move forward with if the referendum fails. And as an alum, parent of three students, and a board member of both the OPRFHS Scholarship Foundation and Alumni Association, I care deeply about the high school, believe my children have received an excellent education there, and that the pools have little to do with the quality of its academics. And isn’t that what should be our primary concern? Whether you are a parent or simply a taxpayer, I would like to think that all OP and RF residents are invested, as I am, in supporting our high school, but in a way that is responsible to the taxpayers that are paying for it.
"Dear friends:
As you know, our wild campaign season also includes a local referendum question that has become quite contested and controversial. I’m writing because I am concerned that one side of this question is not being portrayed correctly and to share information as you make a decision on November 8. The pool referendum in question would allocate funds for one pool option – one of the two most expensive options considered by the high school during many months of community meetings, surveys, committee meetings, etc. I am in firm agreement with Vote Yes proponents that our 88-year old pools need to be completely rebuilt. There are in very poor condition and have changed little since I went out of my way to get out of swim class more than 30 years ago! However, I am VOTING NO because there IS another viable option – one that would rebuild the existing pools, provide additional space for other activities and preserve a parking garage that has many years of life left - all for far less money, less disruption to campus, and less reliance on our ever-increasing property taxes.
According to recent statements, the school board and Vote Yes proponents would have voters believe that voting NO means that: 1) there are no other options and the pools will continue to deteriorate as they “go back to the drawing board;” and 2) you do not support our community’s high school and the success of its students. Both of these are untrue. You cannot undo the planning, design and budgeting that went into other options – they still exist and will be there to consider and hopefully move forward with if the referendum fails. And as an alum, parent of three students, and a board member of both the OPRFHS Scholarship Foundation and Alumni Association, I care deeply about the high school, believe my children have received an excellent education there, and that the pools have little to do with the quality of its academics. And isn’t that what should be our primary concern? Whether you are a parent or simply a taxpayer, I would like to think that all OP and RF residents are invested, as I am, in supporting our high school, but in a way that is responsible to the taxpayers that are paying for it.
Please check out the link below which explains the facts better than I could – and with all the supporting documentation you could ever want! Please feel free to share it. And thanks for the opportunity to present the other side to this.
Theresa G. Lipo"
Theresa G. Lipo"
