Posted by Brian
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Feb 12, 2019 at 11:26 am
Brian is a registered user.

On a different topic someone posted the idea of taking a piece of land, the Flood Campus by Flood Park, and making it ready to support Tiny Homes (providing sewage connections, electrical connections, water, etc. Then allowing teachers to use those spaces either free or at a very low cost (enough to cover maintenance, landscaping, etc.). This would let teachers buy tiny homes (maybe offer very low interest loans for their purchase) and own the place they were living. It is not the answer for everyone, these are pretty small spaces after all, but since the Ravenswood School District, who own the Flood School, is not managed well and always seems to be out of money, this might be a cheap solution that could help with the problem, especially if they include the Menlo Park School District and their teachers.

Posted by Teachers Pet
a resident of Woodside: Mountain Home Road
on Feb 12, 2019 at 3:55 pm

Sorry to ask an obvious question, but instead of using millions to build and maintain housing, why don't we PAY THE TEACHERS A LIVING WAGE??? Between the taxes we all pay and the bands wi pay for campus improvements and the INCOME FROM THE STATE LOTTERY there should be money to pay loving wages to the wonderful, qualified teachers.
LEt's cut back on some extra programs and PAY THE TEACHERS A LIVING WAGE so they can actually live where they'd like to live - not in some tiny home ghetto? I truly think the way we treat teachers and emergency personnel is disgraceful. They should not have to beg for housing - they should be paid what they're worth.
Perhaps tax sports and concert tickets since athletes, musicians and actors get such out of balance salaries - not to mention CEO's who make MILLIONS while paying their employees minimum wage. This si not the America I grew up in - like Henry Ford said, "I want to pay my employees enough so that they can afford our products" There's more than enough to go around - just raise their PAY with the funds set aside for building!