You can't just go to the voters and ask them to just do what's right for the kids anymore. You have to run a true political issue campaign. You've got to convince the voters. You've got to be talking to them. You can't just assume that community spirit is going to pass the issue.

This is a property levy that will be 10.3-mills operating levy on the ballot. But it's actually replacing a 5-mill levy that expiring this year.

This is a community issue that goes to the very core values of what we're trying to protect.

If this doesn't work out immediately, we're going to see $2.3 million in additional cuts that'll really jeopardize that quality level.