Letter to the Editor: Weigh your conscience on W-E levies

It was with great interest that I read Lauren Merkys's article about the two renewal levies in May and November. The May special election is the same old song and dance. There are hopes that people don't really know what is going on and it passes with the supporters going strong to the polls. Where have I been when these meetings have taken place with Superintendent Steve Thompson? Has he been to the Willowick area, and when? The most valid point is "absent is the discussion of how the students' education will be affected and improved over a 10-year period by passage of renewal levies?" I am beginning to sound like my parents, but when we went to school, etc., but I realize times have changed. Are all these changes necessary on the backs of homeowners in this district at a time when people are living on fixed incomes, young families just making ends meet and the economy is not as robust as the politicians would like us to believe? Why now?

The Tech Center on the square in Willoughby was not even given a thought to these plans. The School Board is a very powerful group, but the citizens must weigh these proposals with great thought and get out and use your vote on Tuesday to send the message of how you truly feel about a school district which has done great things in the past. There has to be other options than taxing and more taxing for plans that seem too far reaching at this time. Let's all think this through.

Jacqueline S. Hlivak


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