MCCC supports Museum Millage
Museums are not only repositories of historical artifacts but also places of significant knowledge that shed light on our history as it shapes the present and the future. That is precisely what the Monroe County Museum System does here in Monroe. As many of us are aware, the county of Monroe is replete with significant history and the museum is where that is stored. History, of course, continues to be made every day, and there are always new initiatives, especially in a day of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Monroe County Museum System is a treasure trove of artifacts, manuscripts and information that can certainly benefit all of us as we continue to forge the future together. Their goals of expanded educational initiatives tie in well with the initiatives of our own Monroe County Community College as we collaborate to educate, edify, and enlighten an entire community that very much needs this.
Support both millages Tuesday
This Tuesday, May 4, will be very important for two of our countywide millages. The longest was set in place in 1997 as the Monroe County Technology Millage and the second is the Monroe County Museum Systems Millage, which began in 2012.
I happened to be involved with both as a member of the Mason Consolidated Schools Board of Education for the Monroe County Intermediate School District countywide Technology Millage and with the museum as a volunteer and Museum Commissioner (today a trustee).
In most county schools there was a of lack new technology unless your luck was to have funding to purchase technology for school buildings. At Mason we were accepting a few donated outdated computers. As a funding plan, we tried three times to pass a technology a millage in 1995-96, but each time we were turned down. Thanks to the ISD in 1997 a Countywide Technology Millage was developed and passed for all nine public school districts, including Mason. This techn