Support students, vote yes on levy

The Daily Bee wholly supports the supplemental levy facing voters this Tuesday.

Idaho's system for funding education is broken, pure and simple, and supplemental levies have become a way of life because of under funding from the state. The $3.22 million per year for the next two years will not increase the amount we taxpayers pay for schools — that tax bill will remain flat.

School District No. 84 has gotten its act together. The finances add up. An independent auditor gave district business manager Lisa Hals an A+ rating for the way the district's finances are handled. The school board has spent many hours working on a strategic plan that will prepare our children for the future.

The school district is focusing on the important matters facing us — providing a sound education while keeping an eye on finances.

We urge you to give a vote of support Tuesday to a school district that is moving in the right direction.

David Keyes is publisher of the Daily Bee.