By News-Register staff • 

School Board / City to discuss facilities

McMinnville City Council and the McMinnville School District Board of Directors will hold a joint meeting Monday, June 27, to discuss joint use and programming of facilities.

The public meeting will start at 6 p.m. in the school district office, 800 N.E. Lafayette Avenue. A Zoom meeting link is available from city hall or from the district office, at 503-565-4000 -- the meeting announcement displayed that link as https://msd40.zoom.us/j/97721628814.

This is the first time in several years that the two governing bodies have held a joint meeting. The school district on Thursday first announced the board's regular fourth-Monday work session; about 4:30 Thursday, after the News-Register's Friday print issue deadline, the city followed up with an announcement that the meeting would be a joint session with the council.

The two bodies have long shared facilities and programs. For instance, school gyms have been used for evening Parks and Recreation basketball programs, and student field trips have used city parks. In addition, for many years Kids on the Block programs were held in elementary schools; the after school program is now run by an outside vendor in school facilities.

On Monday, school board and city council members will discuss joint use of facilities and joint programming. As the two bodies "share information and explore opportunities to work together around topics of shared interest," according to a city memorandum, they also will talk about scheduling bond measure elections for school or city needs

 

 

Comments

David S. Wall

From the article, " On Monday, school board and city council members will discuss joint use of facilities and joint programming. As the two bodies "share information and explore opportunities to work together around topics of shared interest," according to a city memorandum, they also will talk about scheduling bond measure elections for school or city needs "

*McMinnvilleans...pay very, very close attention to this relationship.

**Is 'political indoctrination' part of the 'shared values'? The School District chief hired an 'Equity Director'. 'Equity' is by no means...'Equality'.

*Look at the enormity of the School District's budget. It is almost as large as Yamhill County's budget. Is there need for the trimming of the bureaucratic fat'?

*Just what are the 'shared interests'?

From the article, "...they also will talk about scheduling bond measure elections for school or city needs ".

*The current debt service of the school district alone is $10.5 Million dollars.

Do McMinnvilleans want to incur more 'Fees' on their property taxes?

From the article, "... the after school program is now run by an outside vendor in school facilities."

*The article is a little too economical concerning information on the aforementioned 'vendor selection process' and or the use of 'vendors' to provide the '...after school program...'

McMinnvilleans, your city council and school district have their own interests. Are these 'interests' the same as yours?

David S. Wall

sbagwell

Another conspiracy theorist at work.

Don't we have anything better to do than engage in idle speculation about two local agencies meeting to confer and collaborate on matters of joint interest? Seems to me that coordination and cooperation are things to be celebrated, not denigrated.

Steve

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