Vote Nov. 5th!
On Wednesday October 9th we had a presentation from Rotarian and Superintendent of ISD 656, Todd Sesker, and two supporters of the Vote Yes initiative, Kari Tuma and Matt Steichen both ISD 656 employees who also happen to have a strong passion for “Vote Yes!”
On November 5th our community will have the opportunity to vote for two questions that will impact the youth of our community. Question one is: “Should we move our high school to a 7-period day?” Saying yes to this will allow for our high school students to earn 8 more elective credits before graduation, it will cut down on the need for summer school for some students. Faribault is the last school in our conference to make this change to the class day.
Question 2 is “Should the radius the transportation system (bus) picks up students be altered from 2 miles from the high school to only 1 mile.” Saying yes to this means that students in the second mile out from the High School will now have the ability to ride the bus. There are students walking from the East side of the Via Duct to get to the Highschool for classes. A yes vote means it just got a lot easier to get to school for these kids.
The cost for saying "yes" to these two questions is for a average property value of $150,000, this will cost you roughly $8 a month or $99 a year. Todd, Kari, and Matt clearly have a passion for this campaign. Thank you for taking the time to give us the facts.
Make sure you get out and vote on November 5th!