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Superintendent Carol Luis says school tax keeps Moses Lake facilities open and funds programs
Summary
Carol Luis, superintendent of the Moses Lake School District, urged support for a school tax in a Spanish-language statement, saying levy dollars maintain indoor and outdoor facilities, fund sports and specialized classes, help attract essential workers and benefit community safety; she provided a QR code for questions.
Carol Luis, superintendent of the Moses Lake School District, delivered a brief Spanish-language appeal asking residents to support a school tax, saying the revenue keeps community facilities open and pays for extracurricular programs used by district and non-district families.
Luis said the levy helps maintain indoor and outdoor sites and makes them available to the broader community: "y los dólares de la tasa nos ayudan a mantener esas instalaciones para que la comunidad pueda disfrutarlas." She said the tax also "financia muchas de nuestras actividades deportivas y ... clases que son algo especializadas," noting that private- and home-schooled students also access those programs.
Putting the financial pitch in local-economic terms, Luis said those activities make Moses Lake more attractive to professionals. "...atraen a profesionales esenciales a nuestra comunidad como médicos y enfermeras," she said, adding that many local organizations and employers are struggling to recruit and retain staff.
Luis further asserted a broader public-safety and mental-health benefit: "sabemos que en todo el país las tasas de criminalidad... y los problemas de Salud Mental se reducen cuando los niños tienen acceso a actividades significativas." The statement framed those reductions as a national trend Luis cites to justify the levy; no supporting data or specific studies were cited in the address.
She closed with practical instructions for follow-up: those with questions could use the displayed QR code to send a message and staff would respond. The short statement contained no formal motions, votes or policy decisions; Luis did not specify levy rate, ballot language, timeline or a formal vote by the district board during this address.
The Moses Lake School District is accepting questions via the QR code Luis provided; additional details about the tax proposal (amount, duration, ballot timing) were not specified in the statement.
