Received this in the mail. Thought I would share it with all of you!
Here is what it says on the back -
The Tacoma School District spends $9,968 per student. Federal Way does it for $8,005 per student.
The Tacoma School District lost 2,746 students in the last 4 years and gained 207 more employees.
Homeowners in Tacoma pay a higher rate of property taxes than virtually any community in the state, maybe even the nation! Higher property taxes mean renters pay more too.
Stop this madness, vote NO on excess school taxes!

There is a petition to raise taxes once again (probably another bond) to increase spending on schools. I have no idea where this money is going. They've already rebuilt Mason Middle School, Jefferson Elementary, are re-doing Wilson High School & Stadium High School. Mt. Tahoma High got a new building somewhere. I can't think of where this money might need to go! They are spending MILLIONS (literally) on Stadium, when it would have been cheaper to have sold it & build a new high school somewhere else.
Anyways ... these are the happenings in this little corner of the world!
4/10/06