Reminder: Ballots due today for school levy elections; vote yes

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Ballots are due today for the special election, which includes levies for most of Snohomish County’s school districts. Ballots returned by mail must be sent early enough to ensure today’s postmark or can be returned until 8 p.m. to one of several drop boxes in the county.

Districts in Darrington, Edmonds, Everett, Granite Falls, Index, Lake Stevens, Marysville, Monroe, Mukilteo, Northshore, Snohomish, Stanwood-Camano and Sultan are seeking program and operations levies to supplement state funding and provide services and programs that aren’t included in the state’s definition of “basic education;” others are also seeking capital levies for technology, school facility construction and maintenance; or both. The Northshore School District seeks both levies and a bond request for school construction.

The Herald Editorial Board recommends voters approve the replacement levies for their individual district.

— The Herald Editorial Board