so somebody said you the Hastings
Saxons are now going to be the Hastings
Wildcats or something like that would
you say I
like it just the way it was before
what is
a factor would be
glorious bathroom
is
Deanna
Saxon
we knew that
there is very much something called
texting tonight
was that some sort of like a viking
and sort of like a Trojan only better if you haven't
heard it's a great day to be a Saxon you
haven't been in Hastings long here
to know that they are attacked and they look
at breathett IV Tennessee
when I
came to the school named
after them not because of how they won
or lost but based on how they
fought as a Saxon we're all together and
we work as a team we were all friends
everyone's cheering for you kids work so hard
after the grave that can someone who
can be someone who can
I think the value of Hastings
is one of a very
hard-working Community but
it
still has that good home do I love
about Hastings I love that we're like
a community where family which is really
to be like broaden welcome
here even though I I was
not born and raised anywhere near here
they like even people
that I don't know their names we all come in and say hi
how are you in here is just such a
Community I'm just so fortunate to have landed here
if you ever want your places to
go out to eat I mean Hastings downtown area
is awesome and having children that have
graduated Hastings their elementary teachers came
to their graduation open house
that's the kind of community that we have here is
just when you were here at the Hastings Performing
Arts Center wow when we are fresh when I think
is when the pack came in and
it's just a whole different world
I mean everybody in the West
chicken area especially in the Fine Arts and Community
they know about the Hastings
Performing Arts Center this
environment
about like my school I like I'll talk
about this place is like a point of Pride makes
me feel pride in our community because
I know a lot of communities don't
really care and as soon as the bond comes out they don't
know as soon as they see like a bond
school days
so
here's the deal I have voted no on
millages I'm not
voting on this one there's a lot of difference
in my mind on a millage
is looking for more frail this
is not that maintenance and efficiencies
that's were talking about if we
are needing to fix our buildings Etc.
We need to fix our buildings that just
needs to be done in this particular case
it's the best of every single world right now we
have great leadership in place we
are looking at actually reducing the
millage rate from what I paid last year
with in this particular bond proposal
one of the roofs that we are going to be
sing on at the high school roof I'm locker rooms
bathroom of refurbishments the
cafeteria at the high school and
media center also girls are going to be focusing
in on window replacement we're
also going to be making sure that all of our
are up-to-date with security and cameras
along with a king system we
also have three to four buses in this bond
proposal so when you're
sitting out there may be kind of thinking okay
I want to go no on this really
think through at heart we're not asking to increase
the taxes were actually asking from last
year to this year to decrease its slightly
looked at what is direly
needed you know looking at bathroom since
we've got bathrooms that don't fall
an elementary building said it's a pretty
basic need to have bathrooms for
students
are 24 going on
20 the infrastructure systems
that your quality does
air conditioning in the boiler system they're just old
and your bunch of course we believe that we can really
reinvest and repurpose that
Media Center into a strong learning
environment were looking at a
high school that's 50 years old that's the
my school to be honest it's
kind of embarrassing having other schools
have to come in and use our locker
rooms I'm like that's
a little embarrassing
bathrooms cuz I just don't feel like changing a
lot of the original single pane
windows especially at Southeastern
and Northeastern Elementary I will be replacing
with double pane high energy
efficient windows
since 2013 we've been able to save
this District $255,000
in Consumers
Energy rebates those funds go right
back into the general fund playground equipment
is really really important for engage
children and teaching them the things that are outside
of the classroom security
is so important for our younger kids
especially at dismissal and arrival we need
to know who's picking up look
at it looking at comparable districts in the
turbellaria our tax rate will still
be lower
in a community schools
are kind of the Hub
if you want the value of your real estate to be solid
or be a little bit more than your neighbor
who happens to be in a different School District you
better have some good schools by
the time January
rolls around
go to the door it doesn't matter what kind of day we're having when
we see their faces we light up they feel
like these children are theirs
I could not have been more proud
watching
these teachers
their life on the line basically so
my kid has a good education always
been able to count on them
to it to help us in times of need either there
are words that can express
the gratitude that we as a school district
field for the community passing the bond in
2015 I would like to say thank you to the
community for all the support and its
continued support different state
they're going to raise their own children someday I want
I have Hometown values but
yet Rich education my dream for the
future of the education of Hastings is
to continue to keep students first everything
about kids is our future they
make the world go round so we're going to do
best to do what we can for them to continue to make
Hastings a destination for students and families
across Michigan
what
would you like to do when you grow up
when I grow up I
want to be a teacher if I was
a teacher I would probably want to
stay here and Hastings and
maybe go to Central
Elementary and teach there