by jhwygirl
In case you missed it from Saturday’s blog post, the Missoula County School Board meets tomorrow.
Anyone wanting an opportunity to let those elected officials know how you feel about a 56 square foot electronic sign being erected in the middle of a residential neighborhood, there’s an opportunity.
Of course, you might be like Cathie, who likes the signs because it reminds her of her hometown of Detroit.
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Pingback on Jan 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
[...] Reposted directly from Christina, the student in charge of project coordination for the Sentinel electronic sign project. Hello! This is the project coordinator for the Sentinel Sign Project, Cristina. I am a senior at Sentinel and would like to provide some more information for any readers interested in learning more about the sign and when and where they can make their opinions heard. The sign is being built by the Sentinel DECA Chapter with no taxpayer dollars. All the money is being fundraised from advertising on the sign, in accordance with school policy, and sponsorships. Because Sentinel is on public lands, we are exempt from city ordinance and adhere to State law instead. [...]
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January 15, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Hello! This is the project coordinator for the Sentinel Sign Project, Cristina. I am a senior at Sentinel and would like to provide some more information for any readers interested in learning more about the sign and when and where they can make their opinions heard. The sign is being built by the Sentinel DECA Chapter with no taxpayer dollars. All the money is being fundraised from advertising on the sign, in accordance with school policy, and sponsorships. Because Sentinel is on public lands, we are exempt from city ordinance and adhere to State law instead. We have gone through the proccess at OPG and have sent out the applicable notification to all residents. The sign is the size that it is because it is unique. It was found at an auction and is the cheapest we could find. Because of its price, we as a student group can afford to construct it. There are many things the students have done to make the sign as non-intrusive to the community as possible. All the work has been done by 50 Marketing students under advisor and teacher Mark Hartman. Mr. Hartman, Josh Hamilton (the Public Relations committee chair), and myself will be presenting our project at the Lewis and Clark community meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. and will also be doing a presentation on Wednesday night, the 21st of January, at Sentinel High School in the Margaret Johnson Theatre at 7:00 p.m. Please come and get informed about our sign and let us know your thoughts. The official Public Hearing for the School Sign will be on January 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the city offices building just North of the courthouse. Please come to the 1st floor of the building and join us! This project has been a wonderful learning experience for all of us and we want to do everything we can to make this sign mutually beneficial to everyone involved. Thank you for your time!
January 15, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I’m not a party to this, Christina, but it doesn’t seem this plan can be “mutually beneficial.”
What I see — again, as an impartial observer — is another example of the school district being out of touch with the community. Whatever scant revenue this advertising scheme draws will pale in comparison to the sum lost through failed bonds and mill levies the next go around.