Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Will Tech ' s colors fade? Voters Deny Tax Levy by Debbie Sonderleiter The continuing controversy regarding the proposed Tech to North merger has finally come to an end. Or is this just the beginning ' ? The school board ' s proposal of moving Tech ' s facilities to the North High School ' s location, was denied by the voters at the election on Sept. 9. Nearly 15.000 voters came to the polls to reject the move by a 1.700 vote margin. The voters also re-elected board members Nolden Gentry and Ray Palis, two supporters of the merger, Gregory Nepstad, who opposed the move, was not elected. School board members are pondering the possibility of placing the tax levy on another ballot at a later date, however, a final decision has not yet been made Of the many alternatives of the merger. Ray Palis, president of the board, says he favors closing North, since it has the smallest enrollment This, however, would not solve the north side residents problem, which is keeping their community high school. There are also other alternatives such as: cutting spending at all schools, changing boundaries to increase North ' s enrollment, closing another high school, or closing Tech and leaving the city without a vocational high school. Although many students and tax payers are happy with the defeated tax levy, the dilemma of the move is not over yet The decline in high school enrollment is still a problem to be faced by the school board and the community Many school board members are still in favor of the Tech-North merger and there ' s a strong possibility that the levy will appear again at a different election. Declining enrollment and budget cuts continued to be the big factors in educa- tion in Des Moines for the 1980-81 school year with Tech somehow in the middle. Tech s in the middle because of the cost of maintaining the building and the cost of vocational-technical training. Tech ' s enrollment has remained some- what steady with around 1,400 in the last few years. The board ' s proposal to move Tech to North with a tax levy was voted down early in the school year and the problem is still unsolved. But Tech students want to keep Tech INTACT ' . DRAWN BY DiANJ CuRTIS

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