CLALLAM BAY — Voters in Cape Flattery School District will be mailed ballots Wednesday to decide extending the district’s four-year maintenance and operations tax levy.
The $350,000 per year levy is for the same amount currently collected, said Superintendent Kandy Ritter.
“It will be the exact same amount. We will not be raising it at all,” she said.
Supplement state funds
The levy funds supplement what is received by the district from the state Legislature.
Ritter said the funds will go toward:
•SEnSDrug and alcohol prevision.
•SEnSSchool nursing service.
•SEnSCampus maintenance.
•SEnSTechnology.
•SEnSTransportation.
•SEnSLibrary and media center resources.
•SEnSTextbooks and supplies.
The estimated tax rate at this point is $2.33 per $1,000 assessed valuation, Ritter said.
That means that the owner of a $200,000 home would pay about $466 in taxes per year.
“The rate at this point is very variable, though,” Ritter said.
The school district also receives some funds through timber taxes and the rate would go up or down depending on how much is received through the timber taxes, she said.
5 percent of budget
“We could not get by without this,” she said.
“The levy represents 5 percent of our total budget.
“It is extremely important to the daily operations of the school district.”
Ballots in the all-mail election must be returned or postmarked by Feb. 2.
They can be mailed or taken to the drop box at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.