Economic Development
The school system and economic growth are codependent. In order to have economic growth, a city has to have a strong school division. There needs to be financial support from economic growth to bolster the school system. In Vice Mayor, Charles Brown’s editorial in the April 12, 2012, Suffolk News Herald he stated, “When negative fund balances were discovered, and Suffolk was downgraded by bond rating agencies, and the city was on the brink of financial disaster, I only saw the city manager and her employees doing the heavy lifting to turn the city around to become one of the top 100 small cities in America.” Evidently he is misinformed on what is required to become one of the top 100 small cities in America. Would Suffolk ever become one of those cities if they did not have a strong school division? What would happen if the school division had to cut programs due to lack of funds? Making comments like the one above shows a lack of understanding of what promotes economic growth, unity, and cooperation