Preston BOE, sure, introduce the levy

The Preston County Board of Training is exploring the worthwhileness of placing one other schooling levy on the poll come Could. There’s an exploratory committee, and a web based survey for the neighborhood simply wrapped up.

Our recommendation: As a substitute of 1,000,000 committee conferences to resolve whether or not or to not introduce the levy, simply do it. Put the levy on the poll. It by no means hurts to strive.

Nobody actually likes paying extra taxes, however many individuals perceive that if everybody places a number of {dollars} in direction of schooling, they aren’t simply investing within the native colleges, they’re investing in a greater future for the whole lot of Preston County.

The West Virginia Division of Training simply launched its annual evaluate, and in relation to “County Operational Effectiveness Indicators of Effectivity,” Preston County was marked as needing help to raised develop profession and technical schooling. The county was additionally put “on watch” below the Balanced Scorecard Pupil Efficiency and Success Indicator(s) for not assembly the requirements in math achievement. (Preston was additionally flagged for attendance issues.)

A faculty levy may assist to handle these points. We all know Preston County mother and father need to assist their children, and we expect the Preston BOE ought to give residents the good thing about the doubt. Put the levy on the poll.