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In a letter sent to staff on May 4, 2010, Superintendent Baker announced the amount of funding the district will lose in the event that Proposition 100 passes AND in the event that it should fail.

Mr. Baker states, “The success or failure of Proposition 100 is most definitely a big deal for the Vail School District. Each voter is certainly free to make his or her own decision about how to vote regarding Proposition 100, but there is no doubt that … Continue Reading

The AZ Star is now running pro and con guest editorials each day regarding Proposition 100. Read Superintendent Calvin Baker’s as well as Senator Ron Gould’s editorials released on April 30, 2010.

In response to numerous reports regarding pending layoffs of teachers in the Tuscon area, Superintendent Baker sent the following email to all staff on April 15, 2010 regarding the draft of possible cuts should Proposition 100 pass or fail.

All Staff:

There were numerous news reports this week about hundreds of teachers being laid off at other school districts in the Tucson Area.

Some of those news reports may have caused you to wonder what is happening with the budget situation in Vail. The purpose of … Continue Reading

As the Vail School District continues to sort through upcoming budget cuts, Superintendent Baker continues to inform parents of upcoming changes. See Mr. Baker’s Letter regarding Open Enrollment in the Vail School District that was sent to parents on April 16, 2010.

Opinion
Letter to the editor
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.08.2009

Brewer gets ‘A’ for honest budget plan

Re: the June 2 article “Brewer: Fix deficit by raising sales tax.”
Give Gov. Jan Brewer an “A” for honesty and courage. The budget proposal she developed honestly faces the fact that we cannot have our cake and eat it too. We cannot continue to cut taxes and sustain critical state services.

The governor could have joined the simplistic and popular “no tax” bandwagon. Instead she proposed a thoughtful and thorough approach to the … Continue Reading