Letters - Feb. 17, 2011

Tipping point

Public Education in Washington State is at the tipping point! Unprecedented retroactive state budget cuts coupled with additional unfunded mandates continue to damage our ability to maintain, let alone continue to improve, the quality of K-12 education.

Like families across the state, school districts are being told to do more with less in this economy. So, like families, school districts have become more resourceful and responsible than ever before. All those involved in our schools have worked hard to insulate our classrooms from past budget concerns, but districts will be push...