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In the Pioneer School District,
property owners will be assessed an
estimated $1.28 for every $1,000 of . fix
assessed, property value from 2024
through 2027. The owner of a home
valued at $300,000 will pay about $384
per year, or about $32 per month, the
district states. vi »
The levy will collect $2,802,110 in
2024, $2,886,173 in 2025, $2,972,758 in
2026, and $3,061,940 in 2027.
The district states that levy-dollars
cover 21%_0f the overall cost of school
district operations. State and federal
programs fund almost all of the rest.
In the Pioneer School District, which i
has about 750 students in prekinder-
garten through eighth grade, the levy
partially or entirely pays for lower
class sizes, afterschool academic tu-
toring for students, athletic programs,
transportation costs not covered by the
state, music and art education, STEM
(science, technology, engineering and
math) programs, classroom paraeduca-
tor support, reading and math special-
ists, student field trips, outdoor school,
the cemmunity garden, counSelors, and
updated curriculum in reading, math,
science and social science.
The levy also pays for support staff
‘ not covered by the state, including
paraeducators, food service, custodial,
building secretaries, and business and
personnel operations.
The district’s budget for this school
year is $14,049,646. The levy pays
$2,717,133 of that, with the rest com-
ing from the state ($8,718,688), the fed-
eral government ($2,510,765) andoth-
er revenue sources ($103,060).
The district has 60 certified staff
members, and 58 classified employees.
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 Shelton-Mason County Journal Page 3
Levies: Second ballOt count was .Wednesd‘ay afternoon
Scott Dakers, a math teacher at Pioneer Middle School, conducts a game with
students at an eyent Jan. 13. The
district’s replacement levy on Tuesday’s ballot Was passing with 54.55%
on the first ballot count. Journal photo
by Gordon Weeks
Sixty-seven percent of the students
qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.
The Shelton School District’s pro-
posed three-year levy is $2.09 per
$1,000 of assessed property value. If it '
passes, the levy will collect $7.1 million
in 2024, $7.6 million in 2025 and $8.2
million in 2026. The levy money pro-
vides about 11% of the district’s bud-
get. If the levy passes, the district will
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receive about $3 million in additional
money from the state in “levy equaliza-
tion” money.
The district has about 4,400 stu-
dents in three elementary schools, a
middle school, a junior high and three
high schools. This year’s budget is $78
million.
The replacement levy pays for ba-
sic education services and operating
expenses not fully paid by the state, in-
cluding regular classroom and special
education teachers, instructional tech-
nology, library services, swimming pool
and auditorium operationand mainte-
nance, classroom furniture and materi-
als, support for students at risk, facili-
ties repair and maintenance, campus
security and school resource officers,
and athletics and activities.
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