My wife and I moved to Ridgefield 32 years ago because the Ridgefield School District was consistently in the upper half of the test scores. We have seen our school district maintain this record and deliver a quality education experience for our kids.
When the maintenance and operations levy first appeared on the ballot, we did some research into what this funded. The state of Washington provides only 76 percent of our education funds. The other 24 percent needs to come from the local taxpayers. These funds support special education, High Cap, music, Cispus, transportation, maintenance, athletics and extra positions to help our schools run smoothly.
We have always voted “yes” to keep our schools scholastically strong and running efficiently. If you look at the other school districts in Clark County, you will see that we deliver a higher academic excellence at a lower cost to the taxpayer.
Our last child graduated six years ago. We will have no one in the schools when this replacement levy takes effect, but we believe in keeping schools strong.
Please join me in voting “yes” for this replacement levy coming up in February.
