My 2025 Soapbox Speech on School Vouchers, School Funding and Bigoted Nativism

For 2004, A national publication recognized we are taking money 'from the kids' and spending it elsewhere: 2004 EDUCATION QUOTIENT: How Well Are We Educating Our Future Workers?

They gave us a 30 out of 100 on our community's financial commitment to education

For 2005, A national publication recognized we are taking money 'from the kids' and spending it elsewhere: 2005 EDUCATION QUOTIENT: How Well Are We Educating Our Future Workers?

They gave us a 10 out of 100 on our community's financial commitment to education

For 2007, that national publication recognized we are still taking money 'from the kids' and spending it elsewhere: 2006 EDUCATION QUOTIENT: How Well Are We Educating Our Future Workers?

They gave us an 8 out of 100 on our community's financial commitment to education!!!!

History of our Wheel Tax.

Primary Source, Tennessee Department of Education, https://www.tn.gov/education/districts/federal-programs-and-oversight/data/department-reports/2023-annual-statistical-report.html

We have the capacity to raise funds 'for the kids', but is seems to be going 'elsewhere'? http://attachment.tacir.tn.gov/Trends2016/rutherford_variable.htm

Since 1990 Rutherford County Schools has been taking property tax revenues away from education and moving it to debt and other county operations.

A look at where Rutherford County Schools have ranked in Local Spending Per Student out of 143 Schools systems, from 1998 to 2023

Per Pupil Spending by State

I made a map - Per Pupil Spending Per State

In '22-'23 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 56th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 120th in the state in spending per student.

In '21-'22 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 43rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 114th in the state in spending per student.

In '20-'21 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 23rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 117th in the state in spending per student.

In '19-'20 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 23rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 117th in the state in spending per student.

In '18-'19 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 36th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 108th in the state in spending per student.

In '17-'18 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 32nd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 114th in the state in spending per student.

In '16-'17 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 33rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 125th in the state in spending per student.

In '15-'16 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 33rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 110th in the state in spending per student.

In '14-'15 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 38th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 121st in the state in spending per student.

In '13-'14 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 17th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 105th in the state in spending per student.

In '12-'13 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 63rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 119th in the state in spending per student.

In '11-'12 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 39th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 105th in the state in spending per student.

In '10-'11 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 35th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 103rd in the state in spending per student.

In '09-'10 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 51st and Rutherford County Schools ranked 105th in the state in spending per student.

In '08-'09 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 51st and Rutherford County Schools ranked 105th in the state in spending per student.

In '07-'08 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 33rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 103rd in the state in spending per student.

In '06-'07 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 23rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 114th in the state in spending per student.

In '05-'06 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 23rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 109th in the state in spending per student.

In '04-'05 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 37th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 117th in the state in spending per student.

In '03-'04 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 33rd and Rutherford County Schools ranked 98th in the state in spending per student.

In '02-'03 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 24th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 92nd in the state in spending per student.

In '01-'02 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 24th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 74th in the state in spending per student.

In '00-'01 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 45th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 68th in the state in spending per student.

In '99-'00 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 34th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 60th in the state in spending per student.

In '98-'99 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 26th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 64th in the state in spending per student.

In '97-'98 School Year Murfreesboro City Schools ranked 28th and Rutherford County Schools ranked 62nd in the state in spending per student.

Elected Superintendents is Wrong.