Edmonds-Woodway High School Music Boosters

Advocacy

EDUCATION BILLS IN OLYMPIA

Stay up to date on Education Bills in Olympia. Find out how you can get involved. Testify at upcoming town halls.

Learn more in Marie Sullivan’s latest blog post: https://wastatepta.org/week-9-spring-ahead-to-the-second-half-of-the-2025-session/

EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT FACES ESTIMATED $8.5M DEFICIT FOR 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR

This perpetual underfunding from the state adds to cuts of over $25 million dollars over the last two years.  If the state does not increase it’s funding allocation to the district, more staff, program and elective cuts will be planned.

Please act NOW to let your legislators know how this impacts your family. Find your elected officials here as well as their email addresses.

Four Action Steps You Can Take

  1. Send an Email or Call TODAY
    • Email your call your state legislative officials and assistants with YOUR story of how the last few years of budget cuts have affected your family.
    • The following bills are wide sweeping and will benefit all districts in the state: SB 5192, HB 1338 MSOC Increase, HB 1357, SB 5263 SPED, SB 55923 (lifting local levy – does not cost the state anything). Please add these to your letter.
    • EWHS is in State District 21, served by
  2. Stay informed by bookmarking / joining the following sites
  3. Respond to future Action Alerts when bills reach critical points in the legislature
    • Sign up for Action Alerts to get up-to-date information on things you can do to help our schools
  4. Email your Principal and Vice Principals to let them know how important music is to your family

ALSO, please support the ESD Foundation‘s fundraising breakfast: https://foundationesd.org/ways-to-give/annual-breakfast-2025/

Article on 2025-2026 proposed budget cuts: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-school-district-faces-estimated-8-5-million-deficit/

WA STATE PTA ACTION ALERTS
Sign up for Action Alerts to get up-to-date information on things you can do to help our schools.

EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS
https://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/our-district/school-board/schedule-of-board-meetings. Please review the agendas via the link above. It is very important to represent families at these discussions as that is one of the primary ways to make our voices heard.
– The next board meeting will be on February 11, 2025, at 6:30pm.

ADVOCACY
In addition to attending meetings, there will be many small ways you can show the legislature that we expect action to get more funding to schools. Please check this page regularly for updates.

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