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By PAULETTE CHU
and JANE GARGASSee the full content of this document
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The Abcs of School Levies
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
On Monday morning, students across the Yakima Valley will bid goodbye to Christmas break and begin a new school term. But many of their superintendents hope residents stay in the spending spirit -- at least until Feb. 3.That's the day 12 school districts from Prosser to Naches are asking voters to approve millions of dollars in combined tax levies.While the proposed taxes aren't new -- they replace expiring ones -- there's widespread agreement about the school districts' growing dependence on the locally collected dollars. The reliance raises a number of questions that superintendents, advocates and critics hope voters consider before casting their ballots:How much is...See the full content of this document
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