Disclosure: Writer is a member of RenewED: Advocates for Student Excellence.
Give Methow, a fundraising campaign for local nonprofits, launched last week and runs through Oct. 31. Reporters/journalists generally don’t contribute, unless they want a disclaimer on top of any story relating or mentioning the organization. Most writers opt out of this entanglement all together.
I have avoided joining or contributing to local organizations for this very reason. All except one. I came out…
Great article Julia. You are peeking behind the curtain of school funding. Follow the money. May be a crooked trail, but it will tell the real story. Find it interesting that now that the state has been forced into funding public schools by the state courts (which they were required to do by law and ignored for years), we are still being asked to support school levies and give locally as well. Yet the more we spend, the poorer the results seem to be. And there is no accountability. When you ask the hard questions, you are stonewalled by the agencies, school board and superintendent.
I agree. From what I see at school board meetings, our administrators take their marching orders from the school board, not from the community. The school board, unfortunately, does not want to be held accountable nor is it very interested in what people in the community have to say. My hope is that there will be a broader discussion about this state of affairs. Next year will be two board seats up for reelection. I will be doing as much reporting about education as I can so that people are informed. The News, so far, hasn’t covered it. Maybe one day they will.