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  • #1

    lower voting age for school board elections

    We were talking about whether HS age kids should get to vote in school board elections. My first thought was that non-parents would complain that parents plus their kids would add to much weight to higher school taxes, but then I remembered the school board here doesnt set school taxes, financing is done by the county council, the school board makes decisions within the budget total the county gives them. So I agreed with POTMs suggestion that HS kids should get to vote for school board. We all assume that the "idiot" kids probably wouldnt vote anyway.

    Thinking it over, I suppose parents of primary school kids might think this would add more votes to making high schools a priority.

    That kind of thing is a real concern here, where all-day kindergardens are competing for money with goal of a later start time for middle schools (which would mean more money for school bus transportation)
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    Why should only HS kids get to vote on how district money is spent if we go down that route? Why shouldn't elementary or even as you mentioned kindergarden students begiven a voice?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by DinoDoc
      Why should only HS kids get to vote on how district money is spent if we go down that route? Why shouldn't elementary or even as you mentioned kindergarden students begiven a voice?
      think about it.
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      • #4
        That's not an answer.
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        • #5
          no, but its a path toward one
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          • #6
            I think parents would rather determine what their children are learning over what a child would think their peers should learn.
            Monkey!!!

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            • #7
              Ozzy?

              Where fore art thou?
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Japher
                I think parents would rather determine what their children are learning over what a child would think their peers should learn.
                Yeah, if only parents voted. I think bright HS kids probably have a better idea than non-parents who dont even think about the issues, and typically vote for a slate backed by local pols.
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                • #9
                  Well then they shouldn't be taxed for it then.
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                  For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                  • #10
                    I think bright HS kids probably have a better idea than non-parents who dont even think about the issues, and typically vote for a slate backed by local pols.
                    This is true. However, you open the floor to the non-bright HS kids too. Kids who's first priority isn't education... and sometimes not even sports!
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                    • #11
                      McDonalds in every cafeteria

                      Do they get to run as well?
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DinoDoc
                        Well then they shouldn't be taxed for it then.
                        because they dont think about certain issues, they shouldnt be taxed for it?


                        Of course non-parents SHOULD think about the issues, as they impact their futures too. Im just saying they usually dont.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Patroklos
                          McDonalds in every cafeteria

                          Do they get to run as well?
                          I dont know, I would see how the voting went first.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Patroklos
                            McDonalds in every cafeteria
                            My kid complains that the food is health conscious nor appealing, but thats not where the principle concerns are.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Japher


                              This is true. However, you open the floor to the non-bright HS kids too. Kids who's first priority isn't education... and sometimes not even sports!
                              see the last sentence of the first paragraph of the OP.
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