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Town and school district officials were in Olympia on Tuesday to bring attention to the financial impacts of a federal court ruling. Shown here seated from left are La Conner School District Business Administrator Bonnie Haley, Mayor Ramon Hayes, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn, School Board President Rick Thompson, Town Administrator John Doyle and standing at left, Councilman Bill Stokes, Dorn’s Chief of Staff Ken Kanikeberg, Rep. Smith’s Legislative Assistant Kelley Hays, and seated at far right attorneys Cynthia Weed and Bart Freedman.
A delegation of school and town officials traveled to Olympia on Tuesday to let state Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn know La Conner needs help right now.
The meeting was set up by State Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, who said “kids are at risk” because La Conner School District suffered a huge funding cut this year. What amounts to about 50 percent of the district’s property tax revenue was eliminated when 931 parcels were removed from the county’s tax rolls in January.
As a result, remaining property owners in the La Conner area were hit with bigger tax bills this year to make...
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