204-Cape Referendum with Board Members Dr. Myers and Mrs. Tyndall

Sean, Alison and Jessica  talk about:

(2:47) Voter Turnout, Polling Locations and additional Polling Booths for May's referendum

(8:15) County reassessment impacting Cape’s school tax rate

(17:45) Cape District property values and being a destination for families in part because of the Capital Projects

(26:11) Purchasing 102 acres for 15 million dollars and the construction options for that land and why Cape is not able to build in front of H.O.B in Milton

(45:30) Sussex County Counsil choosing to not collect Impact fees and how that affects Cape

(1:10:48) Spending 21 million dollars on building a new district office and the benefits of having all district office employees in the same building

(1:25:10) District office employee positions and administrator pay

(1:36:48) Why middle schools are going from 4 to 3 person teams, earning and placing teacher unit, not wanting to 100% locally fund teacher positions

(1:50:34) Plans to update the facilities at Mariner and Beacon

(2:03:00) Impact of the referendum not passing on staff and students including Cafeteria, Custodian, Support Staff and substitute pay

(2:15:00) Why the Fred Thomas Building couldn’t be renovated to become the new District Office

(2:21:20) The athletic budget being 80k over and why it was a 1 time occurrence

(2:33:57) Some staff feeling District Office and Adminstration does not enforcing discipline, attendance and dress code policies

(2:42:33) What Cape currently has that will be lost if the referendum does not pass and closing remarks

 

Get 2 Know more about Cape’s Referendum

https://www.capehenlopenschools.com/referendum2024

 

 

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