Letter | Gone are the days voters always say ‘yes’ to schools

One hates to bite the hand that fed it, but this former Mercer Island teacher is alarmed. Why is it that our School Board is rushing to ask for so much of our money, but does not seem able or willing to give us adequate information about how it will be used?

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updated 12:36 PM February 13, 2012 0

Letter | Tear 'em down, really?

How much money are they asking for to rebuild schools? This just does not make sense! Why must we tear down, toss out, dispose of … when there are plenty of years of use left? What kind of a "legacy" is that!

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11:38 AM February 10, 2012 0

Letter | Yes for schools

It has been a long road spanning over four years and an enormous amount of work, but this week, the Mercer Island School Board decided to put a new schools bond proposal to an April vote. It cannot be overstated how critical passage of this bond proposal is not only for our children, but also our identity and value as a community.

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11:05 AM February 9, 2012 0

Letter | School bond, vote no

The Mercer Island Schools Board has just approved a bond issue to be placed on the April 17 ballot. It will authorize, if it does appear and is approved by voters, spending nearly 200 million dollars to tear down and rebuild all three of our elementary schools and Islander Middle School.

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9:30 AM February 9, 2012 0

Letter | Inadequate facilities

I have two elementary-age children in the Mercer Island School District and am very pleased with the quality of education they have received from the teachers and staff. However, I think the current state of the building does not do justice to the quality education they are receiving.

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4:41 PM February 8, 2012 0

Letter | Support the bond

As a member of the 21st Century Facilities Committee, I learned how desperately overcrowded our elementary and middle schools are. The K-8 schools are 34 percent over capacity today, and will be 41 percent over capacity by 2015.

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2:21 PM February 8, 2012 0

Letter | All costs included?

Buildings and classrooms are one thing, but to correctly address the shortage, have each of the schools and the administration include in the cost, say for 10 years of operations, the extra teachers, materials, administration, playgrounds, etc., in the “expanded” budget and this bond?

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11:08 AM February 8, 2012 0

Letter | No on school bond

I don’t know where the alien land is where these folks reside, but it is not Mercer Island. I have been here for 47 years. These folks are simply nuts.

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10:09 AM February 8, 2012 0

Letter | Vote yes for schools

Not in the foreseeable future will construction costs be as low as they are right now. Now is the time to build in order to get the most for our money.

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9:44 AM February 8, 2012 0

Letter | Solutions for the ICW crossing issue

I use the crosswalk at 47th Street and Island Crest Way several times a week. I believe the new pedestrian crossing light makes my crossings significantly safer.

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10:13 AM February 7, 2012 0

Letter | Reporter labels still an issue

The printing company of the Mercer Island Reporter is still pasting the mailing address label over written material in the lower section of the front page.

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2:45 PM February 6, 2012 0