So now that the school referrendum was defeated...

What is next?

Will the school board go back to the drawing board and come up with a new (better) plan?

What happens to the kids who are being required to learn in an environment that is not conducive to learning?

How does the school district get around the mandatory PE every day for ALL students?

I can't answer these questions.

With the vote so lopsided 65% to 35% I have even more questions.

Did the voters vote no because they wanted a better plan?

Did they vote no because of the increase in property tax?

Did they vote no because they just approved a large sum for the new pool?

Or did they vote no for other reasons?

They air is full of questions and the School board needs to find the answers. Our children deserve the best education possible from what has long been one of the best school systems in the State. While what we have is still better than most, it isn't good enough for the school kids in Morton Illinois.

My challenge to the school board is to quickly find out why the vote went the way it did and change what was wrong so that ALL students in Morton's Public Schools get the best education possible!

**note two years ago I wrote about the school district and the schools here in Morton. What I wrote then stands today ...

WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE

We need to make sure it remains on the top. and we can not do that with 3 facilities that are over

crowded and one facility that is not hadicap accessible.