Vote 'yes' on the school bond

Letters to the Editor on Jan. 12, 2017 published a letter from a writer asking people to “vote ‘no’ on this very expensive Moses Lake school bond.” They listed the cost of the bond proposal and the property taxes that will have to be collected as a reason to vote “no.” But nowhere in the letter does the writer address the reason for the bond – our children (or grandchildren in my case). What does the writer think we should do about our growing enrollment rate? Where should we house those students? In what environment should we try to educate our kids, prepare them for college and jobs? Class sizes are regulated by law, so we can’t just cram 50 kids to a room and call it good. The cost of building schools is not going to go down. The task of finding property on which to build schools is not going to get any easier with the restrictions of Urban Growth Management. Is it going to cost me in property taxes? Yes, it is – but I believe the children of our city deserve to have a learning environment that will help them grow into concerned citizens.

Cheryl Hughes

Moses Lake