I’m a newcomer to Woodstock and still trying to sort out the political landscape. It’s not that easy to do sometimes. All of this name-calling back and forth is distracting to someone who’s trying to familiarize themself with the issues.
This will surely sound like an idiot’s question but could someone please explain to me why the people in charge of the K-8 system and the powers that be at WA are so against each other? I get that there is only so much money for both places and there’s a habitual bloodbath to see which system will win. My impression (and I could certainly be mistaken) is that WA wins this fight every year. Then, we have a town-wide slugfest as to who thinks that’s fair and who doesn’t, and whether or not we should wipe out prop 46 to try to solve the problem. The voters apparently want to keep prop 46. I’m not saying I’m in favor of that or not, just stating a fact as I understand it based on referendum results.
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