As a taxpayer, parent and community member, I am frustrated trying to understanding some of the decisions made by the Everett School Board. Why is an administration building their top financial priority and not our students? Will the board continue to make decisions that put our students at a disadvantage or at risk of injury?
At first, you may think this is only about the athletic fields at Cascade and Jackson High Schools. But it’s not. I am writing because I see an unflattering pattern among the fiber of the Everett School Board members.
As a parent at Penny Creek, we had to plead, beg, get the media attention and “fight” for our children to have a safe walking route to school. A year and a half later we now have a guard rail protecting our children’s walk along a highway. Thank you for that, but why didn’t the board make the right choice from the very beginning?
So, now again, the parents are outraged about decisions the board is making regarding the athletic fields at both Cascade and Jackson. We’ve pleaded, gotten media attention … started the fight.
The amount of taxpayer money allocated for an upscale administration building is outrageous. Don’t let the board fool you by saying it’s for the students and community. A turf field with proper drainage would be for the students and our community.
The district has enough funding to do both. We the taxpayers have already passed the ballot measure for the students. We did not vote for an administration building, nor were we given that opportunity.
I ask the Everett School Board to do the right thing. Stop the fight, find a way to scale back an over-priced administration building and give the community what they are asking for and need.
Amy Torpey
Everett
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