Our District 200 high school board and the finance administrators who advise them are clearly out of step with their taxpayer base. They keep storing up our money in their reserve fund. Reserves recommended by the state should be about $22 million and we have a D200 reserve of about $90 million. This is damn poor fiscal management. And it is telling everyone that it’s the only important taxing body that we taxpayers have to pay for, which it isn’t.
School districts need taxpayer goodwill and approval if they are to be successful in the long run because they often need millage increases. Think about it. Would you give another penny to the high school when it manages money this way?
Charles Wells
Oak Park
