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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