Pass Measure E

0 Comments | Oakland Tribune, Oct 30, 2008 | by Letter to the Editor

I urge Lamorinda voters to join me in voting Yes on Measure E for the four high schools in the Acalanes High School District. Each of the Acalanes District schools is approximately 50 years and each is need of repairs, electrical upgrades, and numerous infrastructure improvements.

Measure E asks Lamorinda voters to protect their investment in the schools by approving a bond measure that will raise the funds to renovate our high schools and establish a ten-year technology replacement fund to ensure that computers and classroom equipment are up-to-date and accessible to students. And, Measure E does this without taking scarce funding from classroom programs and without raising homeowners' current tax rates.

I'm sure I speak for many of the Lamorinda families who, like me, attended the Acalanes schools and have returned to this community to raise our own children and send them to the same excellent schools. Our schools are community assets that serve us well and are worthy of our investment.

Mary McCosker

Lafayette