In light of COVID-19 and the amount that our kids have suffered in their education over the past two years, we need to make sure we are properly funding education and helping students achieve now more than ever. This referendum is needed.

To be very clear, The Argus Foundation does not condone the recent actions of the strong majority of the School Board in limiting public input and the concerted intentional maneuvers to silence parents and taxpayers. We have advocated for School Board transparency for years and the School Board should be spending more time on student achievement and listening to the community rather than combating it.

However, we do realize that the School Board referendum is not the place to express those frustrations. Our members will individually be doing that in a different vote in August and November of this year while voting in the three School Board races up for election, and you should express your frustrations then too. More to follow.