October 15, 1986, Portland Observer, Page 5
Prophet Says Measure 9 Will Harm
School District
by Jerry Garner
Portland Public School Superm
tendent M atthew Prophet said it
Ballot Measure 9 is passed it w ould
have a devastating impact on the
public school district
Supt Prophet said passage of
Measure 9 w ould result in the
school district losing 5195 m illion
over the next three years Futher
more, he said in 1987 88 the dist
rict w ould lose its tax base and 540
m illion in revenues
Prophet said
first year losses could force the lay
o ff of at least 417 employees (in
eluding 356 teachers) and closure of
up to 10 primary, three middle and
tw o high schools
If the schools are closed, it could
increase the average district wide
class size by at least five students
and destroy the school system as
we now know it. "A s the district
loses another 5153 m illion in tax
revenues during the next tw o years,
the consequences w ill be even
w orse," Prophet said
Not only w ill the school district
suffer if Ballot Measure 9 is passed,
opponents to the Measure said the
entire com m unity w ill feel the nega
tive impact of it.
Stephen Kafoury, Chairman of
the Board of Education, said the
school district is Portland's fourth
largest em ployer and that m uch of
its 512.5 m illion m onthly payroll
w ould be lost to the com m unity
through passage of Measure 9
"S in ce
voters approved
the
school district's new tax base in
1982, Prophet said, "financial sta
bility has allowed our administration
and staff to keqp their promises to
raise student achievement substan
tia lly ." He said the huge losses of
revenues dictated by Measure 9
w ould return the school district to
pre 1982 decay in achievement, pro
grams and buildings
Other probable scenarios under a
successful Measure 9, according to
Prophet, are virtual term ination of
student bus transportation, shorten
ing o f school years and school
weeks, term ination of kindergarten
and pre school education programs
He also predicted the freezing of
capital construction, minimal refu
gee and special education programs
and the abandoning of planning for
the upgrading o f vocational educa
tion programs
Ballot Measure 9, if passed by
voters in November, will
• Amend the C onstitution,
• Impose a property tax rate limit
o f 2% in 1987 88.
• Impose a property tax rate of
1 5 % in 1988 89 and all sue
ceeding years,
• Exempt from the lim it levies to
pay bonded indebtedness,
• Impose a 2% lim it on grow th
in assessed values of property,
plus the value of new construe
tion,
• Repeal all existing tax bases.
• A llow tw o elections, May and
November, each year to seek
an override
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