Comments on: Letter: Folks in our community have the right to express their opinion and vote based on their judgment of what is in the best interests of our schools and kids https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-folks-in-our-community-have-the-right-to-express-their-opinion-and-vote-based-on-their-judgment-of-what-is-in-the-best-interests-of-our-schools-and-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-folks-in-our-community-have-the-right-to-express-their-opinion-and-vote-based-on-their-judgment-of-what-is-in-the-best-interests-of-our-schools-and-kids Your News Source with Integrity Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: MetaWorld2 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-folks-in-our-community-have-the-right-to-express-their-opinion-and-vote-based-on-their-judgment-of-what-is-in-the-best-interests-of-our-schools-and-kids/#comment-17721 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:13:03 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=134844#comment-17721 In reply to Susan.

AMEN

]]> By: MetaWorld2 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-folks-in-our-community-have-the-right-to-express-their-opinion-and-vote-based-on-their-judgment-of-what-is-in-the-best-interests-of-our-schools-and-kids/#comment-17720 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:12:16 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=134844#comment-17720 THIS INSANE perpretation on our Children, MUST STOP! NOW!

]]> By: KJ Hinton https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-folks-in-our-community-have-the-right-to-express-their-opinion-and-vote-based-on-their-judgment-of-what-is-in-the-best-interests-of-our-schools-and-kids/#comment-17714 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 05:39:34 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=134844#comment-17714 Here’s the reality: Our property taxes exploded with the horrific adoption of the McLeary budget. And we have received nothing in return.

Astoundingly high pay increases for teachers… for what?

The ONLY thing that matters in schools are the academic outcomes. Not social engineering. Not leftist programing.

WSD academic outcomes, not unlike most in SW Washington measured by the OSPI, were horrific before anyone ever heard of covid and they remain that way now.

OSPI tells us that the disaster that is Washougal Public Schools have achieved an abdominal academic record.

53.3% at grade level for English.
37.3% for math
47.1% for science.

And, inexplicably, while only 61.2% of the students attend class on a regular basis…

… 86% graduate. How can 25% of all students who don’t even bother to attend school graduate????

HOW IS THAT EVEN REMOTELY POSSIBLE????

No. Not another dime beyond that we all pay in our absurdly high property taxes… and further, wasn’t the McLeary scam supposed to end or severely reduce our reliance on local operations levies… or was that a lie as well? Whatever happened to the state picking up the tab for all of this?

]]> By: Susan https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-folks-in-our-community-have-the-right-to-express-their-opinion-and-vote-based-on-their-judgment-of-what-is-in-the-best-interests-of-our-schools-and-kids/#comment-17710 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:08:20 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=134844#comment-17710 You’re trying to put lipstick on a pig. Dress it up any way you want, but Rylander is either right on or pretty close to the mark. Times are tough; schools need to wean themselves from the thinking that taxpayers are an endless source of money. This holds true for both Washougal and Woodland school districts.

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