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Woodland School District Levy Feb 2024 – Update 1/24/24

For those of you who want to explore the school districts budget here’s the link: Woodland SD 19-20 Budget Presentation (woodlandschools.org)  

Each school district gets an “impact fee” for each new unit of residential/apartment construction. Woodland gets $5,900  school impact fees.pdf (wa.gov) 

The Woodland School district has placed Proposition No. 1 “School Support Levy for Educational Programs and Operations” on the February 2025 ballot. For those in Clark County you can find the Pro/Con/Rebuttals at: Woodland School District No. 404 – Proposition No. 1 – School Support Levy for Educational Programs and Operations.pdf (wa.gov)

Today we walk through the details and offer you some information sources that may be useful in evaluating whether to vote yes or no.

This proposition would authorize the District to levy the following excess taxes, replacing a levy that expired in 2023, upon all taxable property within the District, ensuring the continuation of programs such as advanced placement classes, music, art, drama, school safety, technology, nursing, athletic programming, financial literacy, facility maintenance, counseling and support staff.

The last levy failed. They return asking for a new 3-year levy:

As you can see they are asking for $22,225,000. In 2023 (Feb and then again in April) they asked for a 3 year levy in the amount of $18,775,000. This new levy is an INCREASE of $3,425,000 or 18.24% more. They are trying to make up for about 1/2 a year of the lost funding due to the failure.

STOP – You may want to take a look at past articles about the Woodland SD including past levy requests to get the history. Click this link: WoodlandSD (swweducation.org) 

Here are some other places to look at facts and data:

OSPI: Report Card – Washington State Report Card (ospi.k12.wa.us)  make sure to click on Woodland SD. Look at the testing results. Look at the other data on the page. Is more money making a difference and if so where exactly?

Factors to consider:

  • Are you getting what you are paying for?
  • How much money is enough?
  • What can you afford?

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