changing school name
moonlitmagikchild
renaming middle school
tax money
tennessee
waste of tax money
Talk about a WASTE of Tax Money!! Renaming school costing almost $25 Thousand!
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
December 20, 2008 3:45am CST
http://www.wsmv.com/news/18313492/detail.html?treets=nash&tid=2657537830813&tml=nash_12pm&tmi=nash_12pm_-1_12000212192008&ts=H
apparently in my SMART state they decided to start a trend where they name schools after the area they are placed in which means one needs to change its name from Knox Doss Middle to Station Camp Next Year.. which means ALL areas with that name and ALL school colors etc that have ANYTHING to do with Knox Doss will have to be REDONE to match the new name..
which will cost up to $25,000!! HOW RIDICULOUS!!
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@pheonixstar1982 (2307)
• United States
21 Dec 08
I have to say i am very ashamed i live in that surrounding area. Do you know how many NEW schools around here are not named for the area. Rucker Stewart, Benny Bills, Vena Stewart, Howard...a few of the schools in the area not named for the area. So why change that one?? Are they going to change all the rest as well??
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
21 Dec 08
i know in clarksville all the schools are named for the areas there but they didnt change any names to do it
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
31 Dec 08
i hate TN.. i am only here because of my family because i was born and raised in florida and thats where i shoulda stayed... they make sense down there..
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
21 Dec 08
yep not to mention schools never have enough funding for the things they do need
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 Dec 08
that is disgusting when kids go to school hungry to waste that kind of money in a name, the community should complain loudly about this.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
21 Dec 08
hopefully they will do something because its so ignorant!!
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
30 Dec 08
And they can justify using tax payers' monies for that?
Sigh... it is not like the school is being privatised or something.
Why is there a need for the name change when people can recognise the name of the school and link it to the country or county it is sitting in.
These are the kinds of money wastage that I always frown upon.
I too see a few of these kinds of wastage where I am. But most of them are bourned by the company who decided to make the name change and not using tax payers' monies.
I wonder if there are any petitions againsts the name change.
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
30 Dec 08
i havent heard of any petitions but hopefully that town will take a stand against such insanity
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@nadooa247 (1096)
• United States
22 Dec 08
I guess they couldn't think of anything to IMPROVE the educational system with what little money exists so they thought "hey why not WASTE it?!" seriously illogical. What gain is there to change a school name?! That sort of cash could help start a well needed program in an underfunded school or something. Talk about not thinking clearly.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
23 Dec 08
well its the government which seems to know nothing about money sometimes lol
