Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1989 Page: 2 of 40
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Editorials, Opinions
2A—Burleson Star. Thursday. February 16, 1989 ^ ■
Letters to the Editor:
Get the true facts about effects of
a rollback election in the BISD
The members of Save Our
Schools (SOS) are quite con-
cerned that many statements
being made by some citizens
regarding the effects of a tax
rollback election are misleading
at best. We believe that once the
citizens of the BISD are properly
informed of the true facts, they
will see the necessity of support-
ing a solid educational program
for our children.
Our organization does not
believe that education can stand
still. It is either moving forward
or it is moving backward, but it is
never standing^ still. Our children
are our most precious national
resource, and our future belongs
to them. We must not shirk our
duty in making sure that they
receive the best education poss-
ible. The members of SOS are
aware that there is an investment
to be made in providing a quality
education for our children, and
’We need quality administration’
After attending the Feb. 2 meet-
ing at the chamber of commerce,
we can certainly give the group
credit for more wisdom and in-
telligence than the school sys-
tem’s top management and most
of its board members showed
when they so arrogantly gave us
their decision on the rollback
petitions.
However, I am wondering who
really holds more clout in the
school system? Is it the fearful
superintendent of schools or the
chamber of commerce with its
intimidated members, fearful of
boycott, thus becoming hypocriti-
cal, unable to take sides on any
issue because they are afraid of
not getting their share of the
almighty dollar? Yes! the same
dollar the school system wants
more and more of!
Their only excuse for money is
“quality education," which they
know cannot be bought with
dollars alone. Perhaps our
schools are run partially by City
Hall with its council and clout, or
by just a few simple-minded so-
cial climbers with their little so-
cial cliques.
Are the civic groups trying to be
noble by helping the school sys-
tem out of an embarrassing
situation, recommending the
citizens be given the Right to Vote
on the rollback issue? Yes! at the
same time both are planning
strategy in an effort to help defeat
the rollback vote even before a
vote has been cast! Yes! we see
more hypocrisy from the school
administration in allowing some-
one to cover their arrogant,
egotistical real ends. Civic groups
have to come to the aid of the
school superintendent who is
paid $75,000 plus benefits, in ad-
dition to his three assistants, each
with a salary of $50,000 plus
benefits.
One would think that for this
kind of money, $225,000, we
could get administrators who are
able to make good judgements
and not divide the community
that pays them. Our children
must have a truly "quality educa-
tion” from a "motivated com-
munity." We, the parents, must
work with teachers who are not
fearful and intimidated by the ad-
ministration, teachers with free-
dom to speak out on policy and
with freedom to make more
choices and changes in our
children’s classrooms. And final-
ly, we must have a "quality ad-
ministration” working with par-
ents and teachers and taxpayers
to also make a "quality com-
munity.”
H. F. MASSEY
we are willing to make that in-
vestment. With the economic
conditions being what they are, it
is absolutely incomprehensible
to believe that the cost of educa-
tion has not risen. While we are
not oveijoyed at the rising cost of
educating our children, we
believe that their future and the
future of our community are
worth the investment.
If the school board decides
that an election should be held to
let the people decide whether a
rollback is in the best interest of
our children’s educational fu-
ture, SOS will make every effort
to inform BISD citizens of the
facts. We will stick to the issue
and not digress into personalities
or half truths. We urge all
citizens to study the issue car-
efully. Because this issue is criti-
cal to our children's educational
future, we urge you to become
an informed citizen. Please base
your opinion on facts and what is
best for our children. Go to the
BISD administration office and
study the public records. These
records are available for all
citizens to inspect.
Again, we believe that once the
citizens of our district are in-
formed of the true facts, they will
support our children—our fu-
ture.
PHILO W. WATERS, JR.
Member, Publicity Committee
Save Our Schools
Burleson Star policy
on letters to the editor
It is the editorial policy of the Burleson Star to publish any original
"letter to the editor” submitted which includes the name and signature
of the writer with an address and phone number. The writer’s name
and city of residence ate included with the published letter, but not
specific street addresses or phone numbers. To be considered for
publication, letters to the editor must also be:
—Written in good taste;
—Concerning a current issue of concern to the local readership of
this newspaper;
—Not inflammatory or libelous.
In rare instances only, a letter to the editor may1 be published with a
"name withheld on request” signature. That does not eliminate the re-
quirement that the letter be signed when submitted. Consideration of
withholding a signature is at the discretion of The Star and would be
based on there being a clearly detrimental effect to the writer if his or
her signature should be published. Additionally, the subject matter of
the letter must be of significant import to our readership to warrant
the exception of withholding a signature.
The Star does not publish form letters or copies of "letters to the
editor;" only original, signed letters which meet the other criteria ex-
plained here are considered for publication.
'Speak for yourself Ed Lyles!'
I have listened to Mr.(Ed) PP s P*
Lyles for so long, I felt compelled so well,
to write.
To Mr. Lyles:
You are like a bad dream; you
just keep recurring. You state in
your editorial comments YOUR
opinions and claim to be speak-
(a place you seem to
e so well.)
But let us decide. You also
recently attacked the school su-
perintendent by stating that his
salary was too high and that
there was no control over his ex-
pense account. Well, Mr. Lyles,
WAKE UP! A person with this
man’s abilities and duties will
make four times that much in
private enterprise.
In closing, I would like to ask
that in the future you not make
any more claims to be speaking
for the community—but speak
for YOURSELF!
SCOTT OPPERMAN
ing for the community. I do not
believe I have asked you to speak
for me or my family. You need to
be realistic about this and realize
that people are sick of hearing
from you.
You also have to degrade and
bad-mouth the school board
members. Well, Mr. Lyles, these
good people were not appointed,
but elected, by the community,
and we placed our trust in them.
So get off their backs, and let
them do the jobs they have been
elected to do. If we don’t feel that
they are doing a good enough
job, we will replace them at the
'Nobody wants to destroy the school'
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Sf Nobody is out to destroy the
Burleson schools. The group call-
ing itself “Save Our Schools”
(S.O.S.) is being melodramatic.
Some of this group is undoub-
tedly sincere in the belief that the
school system is being threat-
ened.
The sad truth is, it’s actually a
political smoke screen to draw at-
tention away from the hideous
mistakes that the school board
has made in handling our money
and in denying citizens the right
to vote. By appealing to parents
that their children's education is
in grave jeopardy, they hope to
blind them to any other cause.
No one wishes to lower our
educational standards-in fact we
all agree that they could be much
better. Everyone knows that a
child coming from a caring,
moral background at both home
and school will become a caring
and moral adult. The qualities
that produce this ideal citizen do
not come from money.
No one disagrees that con-
scientious, hardworking teachers
deserve a good salary.
It is the unnecessary extras that
must be cut from the school
budget, during this financially
stressful period, to relieve the
fearsome burden of the tax-
payers.
Unneeded, unjustified luxuries
must not be the cause of
hardships for our senior citizens
and others merely trying to eke
out a living.
PH YUS SMITH
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1989, newspaper, February 16, 1989; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761438/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.