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La Center superintendent urges voters to approve replacement school levy; students testify to programs at risk
Summary
La Center School District Superintendent Peter Rosenkrantz told council the district is asking voters to approve a replacement levy at $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value to preserve class sizes, activities and career programs; students described how levy-funded activities affect their school experience.
La Center Superintendent Peter Rosenkrantz told the La Center City Council on Jan. 22 that the school district is asking voters to approve a replacement levy at a rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value to maintain programs and staffing the district says state funding does not cover.
“The state does make a claim that they fund education completely, but they actually fund only about 85%. And the levy makes up about 10%,” Rosenkrantz said, adding the levy request is a replacement at the same rate and, if approved, collections would begin in 2026. Ballots, the superintendent said, will be mailed Jan. 24 and are due Feb. 11.
The levy, Rosenkrantz…
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