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  • Re: "The facts on school discipline" Aug. 24 Star

    Amanda Burton|Aug 31, 2022

    I appreciate these letters and I hope people are reading them. So far, we have been lucky in our interaction with the school, and I hope to see that continue — and that is the point of view that I am commenting from. There have been issues here and there but they have ultimately been handled appropriately. I think that an explanation of the specific ways in which the district’s hands are tied with respect to discipline would help the community understand why the school handles certain behaviors in the way they do rather than how people may thi...

  • The reasons to vote yes on the school levy

    Amanda Burton|Aug 1, 2018

    I strongly encourage a yes vote for the levy that Lake Roosevelt School District has requested. The proposed levy will allow the school district to break even, but it will also allow it to address some of the major issues that the community has been voicing concerns over. The following is a chart that breaks down what the school district is asking for: http://www.grandcoulee.com/home/customer_files/images/screen_shot_2018-08-01_at_2.59.26_pm.png Over the past year, I have taken the opportunity t... Full story

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