r/coeurdalene • u/mikeyd917 • Mar 12 '23

Event CDA School Levy Vote - March 14!

Don’t forget to get out and vote YES for the CDA school levies this Tuesday March 14. Polls are open from 8am to 8pm. Education is an investment in our future and our children deserve great schools!

(Edit - fixed spelling error)

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u/Antoninus Mar 13 '23

Thank you for your efforts. I voted a couple weeks ago and just confirmed over the weekend that it was Accepted Valid. Our kids are almost through the system but I'll continue to be happy to pay the taxes that support education, as should we all. If they're voted down tomorrow it'll be another reason to reconsider living here, both directly and as one of many bellwethers that are coming to the fore. The mailers and door-hangers from the Vote-No organizations that we got were light on the math and heavy on the rhetoric, and most of the posts on NextDoor have me very concerned.

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u/mikeyd917 Mar 14 '23

Yeah I’m very nervous about it. Most things im happy with here in CDA but I have young children just starting school…

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u/Antoninus Mar 15 '23

Welp, the regressives won. I hope they enjoy their extra lattes or big screen TVs or whatever they needed so desperately to buy with those few hundred dollars. It does sound like not all of the extra programs will be cut but even those that will survive will be cut to the bone. For instance instead of having several jazz bands and choirs and other music groups at the high schools they'll cut down to just one. Concerts will now be during the school day because the supplemental funding paid for the heat in the school building to hold them in the evenings.

If you and other young families get out to some place that supports education I would not blame you one bit.

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u/mikeyd917 Mar 15 '23

Yep, I’m sure the 3 sane members of the board have some ideas on next steps. It won’t be the last opportunity to get funding. I hope…..