The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor,

It’s time to step up to the plate again and VOTE. Approximately 25 percent of funds to provide a quality education come from us, local taxpayers. No district can survive without local support.

The proposed Maintenance and Operations Levy and Technology and Capital Projects Levy amounts keep our tax rates low, in fact lower than in 2013, and substantially lower than surrounding area school districts. For example, Waitsburg’s M & O levy rate is nearly 50 percent higher than our 2014 rate.

We need to direct M & O funds to the district. These funds are essential to adequatel...