WCS Referendum
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Graduating from Warsaw Community High School, I knew my future career dream. I wanted to attend college and then return to my hometown as an educator. My role models in high school were teachers and coaches that inspired me to dream and enrich the lives of others in our community.
I have been blessed in recent years to serve the Warsaw Community Schools as an educator, coach and administrator. I am proud of our public school system and the educators, support staff, parents, community patrons and students. There is something very special about our community and schools. I am so thankful my three sons will all be Warsaw Tigers.
In my role as superintendent, it is a privilege to share the positives happening inside of our schools. It could be very easy to only focus on the positives and neglect areas of dire concern. That neglect by myself, or our school board, would constitute educational malpractice.
Over the past five months, I have shared our school corporation’s needs related to safety and security of our students. Buildings do not make the educational environment. The educators, students and community are what matters. An aging facility, like we have at Lincoln Elementary, can detract and hinder the educational environment. This is the place we currently find ourselves in with the Lincoln Elementary building. Instead of a complete rebuild, Washington and Edgewood require extensive renovations to ensure security and the ability to properly maintain outdated infrastructure.
As of 2008, laws regarding school facilities changed resulting in the need for our community to go through its first referendum process. The talk of taxes can pull people apart and this referendum does not come without a price. The WCS school board spent countless nights obtaining community feedback and planning; dedicated to ensure the balance of fiscal responsibility and the continuation of high educational standards for all WCS students.
Projects like this can also bring a community together for the purpose of our future. That is my hope. It has been a personal honor to meet with hundreds of community members and groups during this process and help reconnect many in our community with our schools.
On behalf of the school corporation, I am asking for assistance to create the next chapter in our history. Please vote “yes” to the referendum question on Tuesday, May 5. We Are Warsaw!
David Hoffert, PhD
Superintendent, Warsaw Community Schools
Warsaw, via email[[In-content Ad]]
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Graduating from Warsaw Community High School, I knew my future career dream. I wanted to attend college and then return to my hometown as an educator. My role models in high school were teachers and coaches that inspired me to dream and enrich the lives of others in our community.
I have been blessed in recent years to serve the Warsaw Community Schools as an educator, coach and administrator. I am proud of our public school system and the educators, support staff, parents, community patrons and students. There is something very special about our community and schools. I am so thankful my three sons will all be Warsaw Tigers.
In my role as superintendent, it is a privilege to share the positives happening inside of our schools. It could be very easy to only focus on the positives and neglect areas of dire concern. That neglect by myself, or our school board, would constitute educational malpractice.
Over the past five months, I have shared our school corporation’s needs related to safety and security of our students. Buildings do not make the educational environment. The educators, students and community are what matters. An aging facility, like we have at Lincoln Elementary, can detract and hinder the educational environment. This is the place we currently find ourselves in with the Lincoln Elementary building. Instead of a complete rebuild, Washington and Edgewood require extensive renovations to ensure security and the ability to properly maintain outdated infrastructure.
As of 2008, laws regarding school facilities changed resulting in the need for our community to go through its first referendum process. The talk of taxes can pull people apart and this referendum does not come without a price. The WCS school board spent countless nights obtaining community feedback and planning; dedicated to ensure the balance of fiscal responsibility and the continuation of high educational standards for all WCS students.
Projects like this can also bring a community together for the purpose of our future. That is my hope. It has been a personal honor to meet with hundreds of community members and groups during this process and help reconnect many in our community with our schools.
On behalf of the school corporation, I am asking for assistance to create the next chapter in our history. Please vote “yes” to the referendum question on Tuesday, May 5. We Are Warsaw!
David Hoffert, PhD
Superintendent, Warsaw Community Schools
Warsaw, via email[[In-content Ad]]
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