I hope for the sake of all involved, they don't go into the meeting half cocked. First, this is a ploy by the district to excite people into activism. They throw out the warning of "we're cutting arts/ROTC/and wrestling" as a ploy to get the public involved. Then, with the public fired up, they tell them, "we don't want to cut it, but we may have to. Contact your legislators about this."

By doing this, they get the public on their side for financial resources. It's like the oldest trick in the book.

The kicker is that yes the courts have favored an increase. That doesn't mean the legislation has to follow it. If memory serves me correctly, the legislators did nothing last term (election year) and the case was taken to the Supreme Court of KS. Now the legislators can either fix it right, or leave it up to the courts to decide how the money is generated. Arkansas legislators did something similar a couple of years ago.

I really think those at the meeting tonight should approach the situation with consolidation as a feature for discussion. The reality is that the budget will not be taken care of by the time the districts have to submit next year's budget. They will have to plan next year under the assumption that nothing will get taken care of by school time. If it does, great, but just in case, this is the plan.

Instead of running in there and raising cain with people that don't have much control over how much money the district will receive next year, it would be much wiser to sit down and collectively agree - things look bad for next year, what can we do to save the program. I guarantee the district would appreciate it much more than "you can't cut wrestling."

Jeremy Gibson