This letter is in response to the letter to the editor “Third time a charm” (Dec. 23 Independent). Why does the school district keep wasting money trying to get the levy through?

I have paid school taxes since 1958. I am 91 years old and they tell me at the courthouse that I am $200 above from having my taxes lower. I lost my husband three years ago and have to watch every penny and keep track of expenses.

Annetta Fickle

Port Orchard

Editor’s note: South Kitsap School District has two propositions on the ballot Feb. 14: one is to renew a programs and operations levy, which funds daily activities in the schools; the second is a bond issue to fund construction of a second high school in the district and provide security and safety systems, and swimming pool upgrades. A bond measure to build a new high school has been put before voters three times in the past two years.