Vote yes to replace Valley View Elementary

If you've never been to Valley View or Mt. Hall, you should go on their scheduled tours. See the schedule on the Boundary County School District's website — bcsd101.com — or on its Facebook page. 

They are 70-plus-year-old buildings that were built with used cement blocks from the former Farragut Naval Base after it was dismantled. Saved money at the time. Have been updated and remodeled over and over again. There's only so much that can be done in that old of a building … replacing and repairing and painting aren't enough … to bring it up to today's safety and building codes. They need to be replaced. 

BCMS was built as the high school over 50 years ago. It also has been upgraded and repaired continuously. None of the buildings have been ignored as some people have suggested. Previous generations paid for schools for me and my kids to attend. We have continued supporting them when our grandkids attended.  None there now, but we still support for the current and future generations. 

Vote yes to replace  Valley View Elementary in November. 

LINDA ALT

Bonners Ferry