Our schools need community support

As I viewed the initial results of the Marysville bond vote and read the negative letters last week, I was disappointed in how many citizens voted no. If you did, it is your responsibility to attend public informational meetings to give input, ask questions and listen to others so we can solve the problem in our schools together. Overcrowded conditions and the need for new schools will not go away. The remaining schools will still have lists of health and safety needs. Fixing a sewage problem is not the same as asking for state-of-the-art equipment. This bond measure addressed these basic needs that must be fixed now.

I encourage these no voters to be more informed about growth in Marysville. Building new schools does not promote growth. New schools can only be built if there is a need with “unhoused students” to fill the new school. Portables are supposed to be temporary, so these students are considered “unhoused.” Along with these “unhoused students,” our expected growth will include the students coming from the more than 3,000 houses that are already approved to be built in Marysville in the next five years. There are more houses that are approved to be built in the county in the next 5-7 years. These students will be “unhoused” until we build new schools. Talk to the City Council or County Council if you are concerned about this growth.

Marysville schools need community support. As a citizen, what are you doing to offer support?

Karen Totten

Marysville