SCHOOL LEVY: Educators, kids deserve support

Last year, I graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School and I have spent seven years of my life in Coeur d’Alene schools, including Hayden Meadows, Sorensen and CHS.

While I, just like many people in our community, do not find everything the school board or district does to be completely perfect, I do know one thing. The teachers, counselors and administrators in each of our schools are pretty much saints. They spend eight hours each week day in schools, and countless extra hours afterward, in an effort to educate and inspire the youth in this community. All of my classmates and I would not be the people we are today without the efforts of all of these hardworking individuals.

The proposed levy means the difference between having safe and secure schools and having schools that are not fit to enter. No one likes taxes. However, I believe, especially in this town, that we heavily value community. We heavily value giving back. And we heavily value our kids. All of these things only point to one solution: vote YES for the maintenance levy. Allow our educators the right to work and our kids to learn in functioning buildings.

LILIAN SMITH

Coeur d’Alene