Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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ANYONE HOME? 5орһ- omore Cara Kincziewski waits for an answer at a stu- dent’s home. Members of the Student Council tacted hundreds of parents to try to encourage them to vote tor the levy. ( ОП = CONCENTRATION. Principal Dr. Ralph Farrar listens carefully as the board works through the new budget. During tl meetings, Dr. le ле Farrar was called upon to clarity the questions of the board. Enrichment tax De dv di OS REGISTERING. Senior Greg Anderson registers to before the February 14 enrichment tax election. Students who would be 18 before the November general election ‚уу issue. Vi te were able to vote in the | MAKING IT STICK. School board members Judy Dol- phin, Tony Netusil, and Jette Foss 1984-85 budget during a work session. Thanks to the success of the tax levy, most programs were spared trom cuts, consider the

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' lax levy saves schools As the school board began work on the 1984-85 budget, it became apparent that the available tunds would fall about $500,000 short of the amount maintain all programs throughout the school system. Faced with the formidable task of trying to cut $500,000 worth ої programs, it became clear that it was impor- tant to raise the revenue or else many valuable programs would be subject to agonizing cuts. So on February 14, Ames voters went to the polls to decide whether or not $3 million should be levied trom taxes over the next five years. necessary to Before the election, many staff members, par- ents, and students spent hours of time trying to rally support for the levy. Principal Dr. Ralph Farrar explained that, Since the issue affected so many programs, a large number of people worked for its passage. We had people making pnone calls, distributing information, and writ- ing letters to drum up support.” Thanks to a great deal of campaigning and publicity, Ames voters gave the school board a valentine by passing the levy with 62 percent voting yes. HELP. Mrs. Shirley Tice uses office to make calls in support of the tax levy. Many parents spent hours of their time on the phone or talking to people votes tor the tax. to аат one of the phones in the One of the programs that was faced with possi- ble budget cuts was the music department. Ames High Concert Band Director Mr. Homer Gartz said that, The passage of the enrichment tax was a real plus for the schools. It showed that the community was concerned by the short- comings in the budget and that they were will- ing to trust the board with their money.” He was also pleased that the board used the money to maintain the activity programs in the schools. Im glad that the board realized that the voters passed the levy to save some of the programs that were threatened by cuts. It was only appro- priate that the school board used the tax money to maintain programs rather than use it for spe- cial tunds that dont affect students in large numbers. ` Dr. Farrar expressed optimism when he said, Ihe levy provided for $600,000 a year for the next tive school years. Hopefully, thanks to the vote of approval by the community, the board will not have to cut programs for a number of years. ` Enrichment tax