Education Briefs

Learn about Hood Canal school levies

Members of the Hood Canal School Board will talk about the district’s two levy measures on the Feb. 11 ballot and answer questions from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday at Potlatch Brewery in Hoodsport.

One proposal is a six-year capital levy to pay for infrastructure and technology upgrades that would include replacing an aging transportation center and creating spaces for art, music and pre-kindergarten. The other is a four-year replacement Educational Programs levy to sustain programs and services the district calls critical.

The Hood Canal School Board voted to place the levies on the ballot at its Nov. 26 meeting.

If passed, the capital levy for safety, critical infrastructure and technology upgrades will raise $19.1 million between 2026 and 2031.

The renewal of the levy passed by voters four years ago would not increase the current tax, the district states. The district states that the levy is crucial for sustaining programs that are not fully funded by the state, including smaller class sizes, special education, arts and electives, athletics, activities, field trips, nursing services and food programs.

If passed, the levy will cost homeowners a maximum $1.15 per $1,000 of assessed property value. For a home valued at $300,000, that would mean $345 annually. If that levy passes, the district will also receive $6.5 million in state matching money.

Shelton group awards scholarship

Kyla Shelton, a student at The Evergreen State College, was awarded the Philanthropic Educational Organization Program for Continuing Education Grant for $4,000 from the PEO Sisterhood.

She was sponsored by PEO Chapter B of Shelton.

The PEO Program for Continuing Education was established in 1973 to provide need-based grants to women in the United States and Canada whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to complete a degree or certification that will improve their marketable skills for employment to support themselves and/or their families.

Shelton is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in counseling. She earned an AA degree at Olympic College Shelton.

Former Shelton student excelling at Oregon college

Christopher Frazier of Shelton was named to the 2024-25 fall term President’s List at the Oregon Institute of Technology. To qualify, students must earn a GPA of 3.7 or better.