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Did you know that eighty-three percent of Idaho school districts rely on local levies to keep their schools open? This is the case for our school district.

The LPOSD is unique in that it has many small rural schools: Northside, Southside, Sagle, Hope, and Kootenai elementary schools, and Clark Fork High School. Each of these schools is the core of the community. We all know students in our schools and we also know many of the people who work there. They are family, friends and neighbors.

We all pay federal and state taxes and for the most part we do not have any control over how that money is spent. On the other hand, our property tax dollars are spent right here. Those tax dollars support our schools, our hospital, libraries and roads and they are a huge part of our local economy.

We have counselors, bus drivers, school nurses, librarians, cooks, secretaries and bookkeepers, tech support personnel, coaches, teacher’s aides, custodians and much needed maintenance personnel, who keep all of our aging schools running.

There are football and basketball games, volleyball and track teams, wrestling teams, plays, spelling bees, debates, bands, orchestras, and dance teams. It is part of the social life of our communities.

Let’s keep our schools and communities at the top of our list. Vote “yes” on March 12.

JON and CONNIE BURKHART

Hope