Community Cafe Bainbridge

In this 19-minute podcast conversation, two Bainbridge women who are parents of local public school students explain their confidence in the importance of public education on our island, and why they support the two levies on the February 14th ballot that provide more than one-fifth (22%) of our local school budget. Erin Cyger and Anna Steen are two of the many volunteers serving in the Bainbridge Island Public Schools Supporters organization. They explain why they're voting "Yes" for each of the two levies that fund our local schools: the Educational Programs and Operations Levy and the Technology Levy. They point out that the levies are not new taxes. Instead, "yes" votes for levies this month would replace two school revenue sources approved by local voters three years ago, and which are set to expire this year. They distinguish this year's education levy from last year's school bond request that voters approved, by saying: "Bonds buy bricks; levies are for learning." And they urge that the levies provide