School districts to ask voters to renew levies
Three Skagit County school districts will ask voters in February to renew school levies. The Concrete, La Conner and Mount Vernon school boards have each recently approved sending replacement levy requests to voters for the Feb. 9 special election. The Concrete School Board approved Nov. 16 sending a three-year $2.50 per $1,000 in assessed property value replacement educational programs and operations (EPO) levy to the districtâs voters. EPO levies are used to fund enrichment activities such as art, music and extracurricular activities, and fills gaps for underfunded programs, such as fo...
Source: goskagit.com