Wahluke School District levy passes

MATTAWA — The Wahluke School District levy, placed on the Feb. 11 ballot, has passed.

School district levies pay for a variety of programs, including athletics, utilities, maintenance and technology. While the state does cover some of these areas, the levy increases the amount that the district has to work with. Once the money from a levy is collected, it is put into the district’s general operating fund and distributed as needed.

The levy will be collected in 2021 and 2022 and will bring in between $2.2 and $2.4 million dollars each year. This levy replaces the levy passed in 2018 that collected taxes in 2019 and 2020.

The levy passed with 53.59 percent of the votes. The levy required 50 percent plus one to pass.

“We’re very pleased that it did pass,” said Robert Eckert, superintendent for the Wahluke School District. “We’re happy about the support we received.”