Those of us who have lived in California know full well the tax burdens placed on homeowners.
To reduce the pressure from increased taxation on seniors and others with fixed incomes, we passed an initiative called Proposition 13, according to http://www.californiataxdata.com/pdf/Prop13.pdf.
It rolled property taxes for those who owned homes prior to 1976.
It reverted to when the house was sold.
Of course, it took dedicated representatives and constituents to accomplish this.
Bonds, including school bonds, and time eroded the relief which is now minimal.
I am familiar with money being squandered on administrative buildings and a learning center built on an abandoned oil field precluding its viability.
Permanent school bungalows have been their lot for over 50 years while forced busing from overcrowded schools became the norm.
Still, throwing money at education has been an abysmal failure.
Many students — teachers included — are found lacking in subjects in which they should have at least a rudimentary knowledge.
Home economics and cursive writing are an anachronism.
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction schools’ report cards reflect this fact while social studies are not even graded.
New schools do not a proficient student make.
Virginia K. Huntman,
Sequim