Wendy Kates says the school district should focus more on fiscal responsibility rather than approving a bond.
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter to the editor submitted by Cherry Hill resident Wendy Kates.
I am voting ‘no’ on the $211 million Cherry Hill school bond this Dec. 11. I am a senior who has lived here for 20 years. I raised four children, two who went to Cherry Hill Schools and I love my home, my neighborhood and my community and I am active locally to maintain the quality of life here. At 70, I must continue to work to pay the ever-increasing taxes.
My fear if this tax increase goes through, raising the taxes on my 1,300 square foot home closer to $7000, is that the value and marketability of my house will decrease and I will be trapped here or end up selling at a loss.
This bond is not the answer. Proper money management is. Cherry Hill is an aging community as recognized in the current Cherry Hill Master Plan. When you vote, please vote ‘no’ and do not forget us, your parents and your grandparents who are struggling to survive. We want to stay in our homes and continue to enrich our community as we have for so long.
I urge you to vote ‘no’ and demand that Cherry Hill Schools become fiscally responsible with our money!
Wendy Kates
