Thank you for supporting our kids in April’s election, Tahoma!
We’re excited to come together again for our next vote. Details are coming soon.
Student Learning & Staffing: Levy Funded
Tahoma’s teachers, staff members and administrators provide rich learning experiences, such as the chance for elementary students have STEM and art in addition to music and P.E. The district pays for elementary STEM, art and music through levy dollars.
Teachers in Tahoma who have taught elsewhere say that they are amazed at the level of support and professional development that they receive, both of which contribute to the high quality of the student learning opportunities in this district.
Facilities & Maintenance: Levy Funded
Local levy dollars are used to help supplement the level of custodial care and maintenance that the state pays to fund. Tahoma’s custodians and maintenance team work very hard to make sure the district’s buildings are clean and safe — and to protect the investments in quality facilities that taxpayers have made. Please join us in continuing that support.
Please open your ballot, mark “Yes,” and return it for free at the drop box at Rock Creek Elementary or the Hobart Store. Or, put a stamp on it and mail it by April 24, 2018!
Athletics: Levy Funded
Local levy dollars are used to help supplement the level of custodial care and maintenance that the state pays to fund. Tahoma’s custodians and maintenance team work very hard to make sure the district’s buildings are clean and safe — and to protect the investments in quality facilities that taxpayers have made. Please join us in continuing that support.
Please open your ballot, mark “Yes,” and return it for free at the drop box at Rock Creek Elementary or the Hobart Store. Or, put a stamp on it and mail it by April 24!
Health & Safety: Levy Funded
Tahoma uses local levy dollars to supplement state funding in order to provide one nurse at each building (and two at the high school). Local funds also help pay for safety, security and mental health.
Please join us in voting YES to support health and safety measures that are beyond the “basic education” provided by the state. Mark your ballot by April 24, 2018!
Tahoma kids come first
Our community must pass the school construction bond to reduce Tahoma’s severe overcrowding, provide our kids with secure schools and preserve our district’s reputation and our property values. Vote YES when your ballot arrives in the mail in late October. It’s time to put our kids first.
Here’s what a YES vote will bring you and the whole community:
Innovative programs for the whole community. The district is planning the new high school to serve a “community learning center,” and is already in the early stages of partnering with regional colleges and businesses in order to offer classes and training for both students and adults. Using the high school this way is expected to help the district bring in more money, too. Read more about this by clicking the page titled “Community Learning,” above.
A solution to the district’s severe overcrowding. The school construction bond includes money for a new central high school to be built in the so-called Donut Hole near Four Corners.The new high school will serve grades 9-12, opening up the current high school and junior high to become middle schools for all students in grades 6-8. The current middle schools would then become elementaries, with Cedar River taking grades 3-5 and sharing a population with adjacent Shadow Lake, which would serve grades K-2.
More secure schools districtwide. The bond includes funding for projects that will improve student safety and security. For one thing, portable classrooms will be removed throughout the district. And schools will also receive modernized security systems for safer buildings.
A return to normalcy at current district buildings. The bond includes money for repairs to crucial systems such as roofs and HVAC so that students no longer have to attend classes in substandard conditions. Class sizes — which have grown significantly in recent years as the district has run out of options for housing students — will be able to return to levels that align with neighboring districts. And finally the district will be able to use standard resources as intended — currently computer labs, counseling spaces, conference rooms, activity areas and even closets are used as instructional spaces.
Improved class offerings for high school students. Building a large, central single high school for four grades — an estimated 2,400 students — allows the district to offer a wider variety of courses, activities and sports for the larger population. Bringing ninth-graders into the high school allows Tahoma to align with neighboring districts as well. (The high school now serves grades 10-12.)