Senior Piper Benzon carries a sign as she and her classmates walk out of school Friday to rally in response to Coeur d'Alene School District's supplemental levy failing for the first time since 1986.
March 25, 2023
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Levy failure prompts student walkout
Students marched with signs in their hands and fires in their hearts as they staged a walkout and rally Friday afternoon on the field behind the school. Through biting wind and light snow, they made their voices heard. They walked out at 2:05 p.m. — 25 minutes before the school day ended — to symbolize a loss of $1 million per minute, or 1% of the Coeur d'Alene School District's budget, 25% of which is supported by funds from the supplemental levy. A request for a $25 million-per-yer perpetual levy narrowly failed at the polls March 14.