The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor,

As a former science teacher and a person who often must make difficult decisions, charts and graphs, data and statistics are something I appreciate and frequently utilize. In the case of the 2016 ballot-proposed levies however, it seems to me that all of the relevant data and statistics are already available to anyone who might have interest.

Instead, I’d like to talk about one. ONE student who is able to find a future career in welding that excites him through the chaos of his teenage years, and stops walking the road to substance abuse to become a productive member of soci...