Voters in the Sequim school district will soon be asked to approve a significant facilities upgrade that, for many years, will provide the community with a secure but not fancy school setting for our children.
A suggestion to property owners, the ultimate taxpayers: Prioritize.
This April, we have the opportunity to create learning environments that encourage high academic performance. I’m writing to support secure schools, adequate spaces and a properly functioning educational system in Sequim.
Education is one of the most important issues facing America today. The U.S. ranks 24th in math and 16th in science among the major nations of the world.
Our community has supported Sequim Schools in the past. We now have the opportunity to make a significant improvement to our students’ learning environment.
On a spring day in 1957, my art teacher, Mrs. Dorcas Taylor, announced, “Get your sketch pads and pastels together. We are going outside to do some drawings from life.”
I have always lived on a budget, and have been against most bond issues because I either thought them unnecessary or overpriced. If I have to live on a budget, and do without, or make do with less, then government should be held to the same standard.
I am a proud Sequim High School 2012 graduate, and I voted YES for the school renovation plans.
As co-presidents of a Parent-Teacher Organizations here in Sequim, we see first-hand how special the Sequim School District is.
The Sequim City Council seems to have forgotten what it means to provide leadership for our community. If, by a 6-1 vote, the council can “provide general support” to the school district in “seeking voter approval to fund the acknowledged need for districtwide improvements in its education facilities,” why vote down a resolution supporting the bond issue?
At $154 million, the Sequim school board is asking approval for a huge amount of money, leading toward the billion-dollar state and federal level.
Imagine a Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post Cover and it‘s Sequim High School! People smile, “That’s our school … we can go there for everything!”
I used to think that if the schools just were more thrifty they wouldn’t have to keep coming to the voters and asking for more money.
