Sequim schools to analyze how to spend more I-728 funds

SEQUIM — More people equals a little more money for teachers.

That’s how it could work when the state Legislature allocates Initiative 728 funds for the Sequim School District.

Initiative 728 funds are earmarked for reducing class sizes and providing what officials call “extended learning opportunities” — after-school and weekend activities that sharpen students’ math, science and language skills, said Sequim School District Superintendent Garn Christensen.

Increases in the annual allocation are based on population growth, something Sequim has plenty of.

I-728, voted into state law in 2000, was designed to give school districts state funds “to provide more teachers, more attention and more time for our children,” according to the League of Education Voters Web site, www.educationvoters.org.