MY TURN: Paying it forward
When I joined the Post Falls School Board, I didn’t fully understand how often we must go out into our community and beg for money. At times, it feels like that is all we do, and I know many voters feel the same way. Yet, the Post Falls School District remains the most fiscally conservative district in the region. We spend less per pupil than any other neighboring district and still turn out high achievement numbers. I could use this column to explain all the things that are funded by our replacement fundamental levy, but instead I want to share some thoughts about the role public education plays in making America an exceptional nation.
School districts are unique among taxing districts. The students we serve are too young to vote or pay property taxes. They don’t set achievement standards, policies, or curriculum. The people who pay taxes into the school district are not who we serve — we serve the next generation. I like to think of it as “paying it forward.” Each generation funds the education for the next, just as the previous generation funded ours.
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