Is $40 million not enough for the local schools?
I thought it would be several years before we would be asked again to fund the heart’s desires of the local school board paying for …
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Is $40 million not enough for the local schools?
I thought it would be several years before we would be asked again to fund the heart’s desires of the local school board paying for things we just can’t afford in a time of financial stress, astounding prices for everything and no end in sight.
Did it ever occur to anyone in this town that some people have limiting fixed incomes? Improvements on taxpayer properties are years behind in many cases. Without doubt, the city and county have wish lists as well.
There are unnecessary enhancements, repairs and improvements that can wait in this levy and we will be paying back the $40 million years from now for a fancy grammar school that did not have kids enough to fill empty desks when it opened, and instead, Blue Heron middle school students were brought in to fill them. The school district will have to wait just like the rest of us.
Kathleen Jackson
PORT TOWNSEND