Lake Washington school bond and two levies could appear on February ballot
September 24, 2009
By J.B. Wogan
New, Sept. 24, 3:26 p.m.
Lake Washington School District voters might see a bond and a levy on their ballots in February 2010.
The Lake Washington School District has scheduled six meetings, including one at Eastlake High School from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 7, where Superintendent Chip Kimball would review some new funding options. The district plans to talk to residents about proposing an operations levy, a capital projects levy and a new bond measure. Those additional funding sources would impact the 2010 school district budget, according to Doug Eglington, the district’s school board member from Sammamish.
“Nobody’s excited about it, given today’s economy,” Eglington said. “On the other hand, our job as a school board is to ask what we think is necessary to best serve our school kids and families.”
Eglington added that the meetings were a first step to gauge the public’s willingness to support the bond and two levies.
“It’s kind of a reality check,” he said.
The district is collecting input about the bond and levies on its Web site (www.lwsd.org) and at the upcoming meetings. A committee comprised of community members and district staff would then make a recommendation to the superintendent. The school board would have the final say on whether to put the bond and levies on the February ballot, after hearing a recommendation from its superintendent.
If residents can’t make the Oct. 7 meeting at Eastlake High School, another meeting is scheduled at Redmond High School 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 8.
The Lake Washington School District has 50 schools, including nine schools that serve Sammamish residents.
For more information on the meetings, e-mail Kathryn Reith, director of communications, at kreith@lwsd.org.
Reporter J.B. Wogan can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or jbwogan@isspress.com.
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