My name is Mark Nash. I don’t have children at Lake Roosevelt Schools. But I do have Grandchildren and a Great Grandchild who attend school there. I have some questions for the voters.

Who paid for your elementary and high school education? I know the answer to that question and so do you: your parents, grandparents, and the communities where you lived as a child. Just like their parents, grandparents and the people in the communities where they lived paid for theirs.

The cost of your education may not have been as expensive then as the cost of education is today. But it was paid for through levies. Last year, in the State of Washington, on average it cost about $18,175 to educate one student. That cost includes academics, transportation, meals, etc. Property assessed at $100,000 would be $200 for the school levy. So just let that settle in a little. The loss of the levy would also reduce the amount of money to the school from the state government. I believe class sizes would increase and the number of teachers would decrease, further damaging the quality of education the kids get.

So, look in the mirror and ask yourself, Do you want your children to have as good as or better of an education than what you had? If you can answer that question yes, then vote yes on the levy. And when you vote no, and the quality of the education your kids get goes down, you have nobody to blame but yourself.

Mark Nash