A diverse group of over 40 islanders has been meeting with a goal “to reach a consensus on a way forward to ensure that the facilities of the OISD are adequate to meet our collective responsibility for the education of our community’s children; and to draft a statement of the consensus to be published and shared with the community at large.”

The group’s work continues, but it spent about three hours addressing the $900,000 grant specifically since the School Board will be deciding whether or not to accept the grant at its next meeting.

Accordingly, we wish to state the following:

“We 41 citizens of Orcas Island, dedicated to building a consensus to assure appropriate educational facilities, do collectively encourage the Orcas Island School Board to accept the $900,000 grant and acquire the funds necessary to match this grant and make the immediate repairs to the Elementary School essential for the health and safety of our community’s public school children.”

Anyone wishing to know the names of the persons participating in this group can telephone or email Fred Klein at 376-5377 or fklein@orcasonline.com.

Getting to a “Yes”

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