The levy would pay for new boilers at Riverview and Machias elementary schools, but there isn't enough to repair the entire roof on the Snohomish High freshman campus building, said Michael Schroeder, district business-services director. McKenna, the board president, said the district may ask voters again this fall to pass a bond issue to repair old schools and to build a high school and middle school. People on both sides of the issues agree Snohomish is suffering the pains that come with rapid change. The historic mill town, its main street lined with dozens of antique stores and sandwich shops, has seen a sudden influx of newcomers. Those economic and class divisions have driven a wedge between new residents who can afford more and longtime residents who cannot, Burns said.
Taxes come out of homeowners' pockets.
State funding is going down, local taxes are going up.