The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor:

It is once again time to for Columbia County residents to give serious thought to Dayton’s school and its infrastructure. A school is just like our own homes; it has buildings and systems that need constant care and do not last forever. Heating equipment gets old, fails, and requires expensive repairs. Water heaters fail and must be replaced. Dayton School District is facing issues like these right now. A large water heater/heat exchanger unit is over 30 years old and its reliability is a concern. Three heating boilers need to be replaced. One of them is over 50 years old. The newest one was installed in 1985, during President Reagan’s first term. The high school roof is a little older than that and even regular patching has not proven to be 100% effective.

All these improvements are essential for our school’s present and future. They are not frills. Funding them can only come from us through our yes vote on February 13 for the 2019-2020 capital levy. Please vote to keep our school system strong and effective.

DallasDickinson

Mike McQuary