La Conner Schools February levy proposal covers four years

La Conner School Board members were in a thankful mood Monday and hope to be so again in February when voters consider a four-year replacement educational programs and operations levy totaling $4,036,344.

Acting on recommendations from a levy election committee co-chaired by La Conner alums Robert Hancock and Jerry Carr, the board, during a 90-minute Zoom meeting, unanimously approved a resolution putting the ballot measure before school district voters on Feb. 9, 2021.

If approved, the levy rate on taxable property would be $1.45 per $1,000 assessed valuation, a decrease from the $1.50 per $1...