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Shelton-Mason Journal Thursday, Feb. 10,
Hood Canal School Principal Vernon Bruni recently squeezes a pandemic
stress ball on his office. Despite a surging number or COVlD-19 cases, the
district has not been forced to close a single classroom due to a breakout.
“I think we’re doing better than most,” he said. Journal photo by
Gordon Weeks
Levies: Hood Canal district bond sitting just short
continued from page A4
in and 2023-2024, which is lower then
the current levy of $2.50 per $1,000. The current
levy expires at the end of the year.
With the levy passage, the district will qual-
ify for additional levy equalization money of
million.
The district has about 165 students in kinder-
garten through the 12th grade. About 18% of them
live in Grays Harbor County
In a telephone interview with the Journal, Hood
Canal Superintendent Nikki Grubbs expressed
mixed feelings. ~
“I’m thankful to the community for passing the
levy,’I she said. “That’s the money that helps us
survive.”
The new tax rate for the replacement levy is an
estimated $1.04 per $1,000 of assessed home value.
Grubbs said she is disappointed with the initial
results of the bond vote at 56.16%.
The building bond would create a new junior
/£.:;’,, 12% CENTER
Playing basketball recently are, from left, Mary
M. Knight eighth-graders Loren Green, Andiana
Ziegler and Nolan Baughman. Journal photo by
Gordon Weeks
high school building, additional classrooms for
early learning programs, a more accessible play—
ground and a new transportation maintenance
building. The building bond would collect $25.13
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Enrollment has grown recently from 310 to340
students, Grubbs said.
“We are totally out of space,” she said.
The Hood Canal School Board will decide
whether to put a building bond before 'voters again“,
Grubbs said. {M
The board could place it on the ballot in or
wait until next fall, Grubbs said. By then‘fthe pos-
sible elimination of mask mandates might change
the “political climate” and make voters more sup-
portive of the bond, she said. '
The state should consider eliminating the 60%
super majority, to, pass building bonds and make
passage a simple majority, Grubbs said.
The Hood Canal School District teaches stu-
dents in prekindergarten through eighth grade.
The school is on the Skokomish tribal reservation,
and almost half the students are Native Americans.
According to the district, about 85% of the students
live in poverty. The district has 30 certified staff
members, and 30 classified staff employees.