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 In old Scotland. 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