Elmbrook Budget Shortfall? Nope.

A long-serving member of the School Board in Elmbrook bemoans a $200+/student INCREASE in State funding.  It's not enough for him.....

Or--more likely--it's not enough for the extremely ambitious spend-happy Superintendent, Mark Hansen.

So how does local Pravda play this?  They mislead the reader, of course!

...The state budget will provide an additional $128 million for schools but no increase in the state-imposed limits on how much revenue districts may raise....

Wrong!!  Elmbrook, like any other District, can spend more money IF taxpayers agree in a referendum.  Getting taxpayers to cough up even more Hansen-bucks?  Not likely.

So what is Elmbrook actually getting?

...Allgaier [finance committee chairman] said the district was expecting an increase in state funding of about $200 per student. The district is projected to receive $202 per student in federal stimulus funding...

Allgaier complains that the Fed money must be used ONLY for pandemic expenses, so Hansen cannot spend it elsewhere.  They'll only have the additional State money to spend, poor things.

By the way, it's NOT a co-incidence that Robyn Vining is mentioned in the propaganda here.  She probably called her typist-"reporter" and told him to go find Allgaier.

Mr. Allgaier should call the Slinger district.  They're doing just fine with the State and Fed money.  As a conservative Republican, he should also know the Four Truest Words:  

IT'S THE SPENDING, STUPID!