The McCleary Decision was a promise to swap local levies for state funding. Instead, state school property taxes increased dramatically and local school taxes have kept spiraling out of control.
Skykomish SD funding and spending, as of 2020-2021, is approximately $50,000 per pupil per year - one of the highest in the state and more than double most other districts. And the district has the nerve to ask local citizens for more in an Enhancement Levy that they are calling a "replacement" Educational Programs and Operations Levy.
Last summer, 2021, the Skykomish SD teachers' union "negotiated" their 2 year contract. No taxpayers were invited to the closed bargaining process. The contract includes increases of whatever inflation is plus 1% on top of their already increasing annual salary schedule. Do you get that kind of deal? So they are worsening inflation. And now they will claim that this levy is needed to fill the gap they themselves created.
Skykomish and all WA school districts need to be frugal and stick to the McCleary budget. They need to stop asking for more money at every opportunity. For an honest, accurate taxpayer cost analysis, https://LevyNo.com
Submitted by: Jeff Heckathorn, www.LevyNo.com