In the 10 years I’ve been a part of the Ridgefield family, I’ve seen our town grow from a small sleepy town to a growing city where the traffic at 8 a.m. rivals downtown Seattle. While many of us have fond memories of “the way Ridgefield was,” I take pride in seeing how our community treats new neighbors just like old friends we’ve known forever.
As our schools welcome our new neighbors, they, too, have had growing pains. Every Ridgefield school is over capacity, the elementary schools have twice the students of the state “model” school, and the recess fields have been invaded by a fleet of portable classrooms.
Our school and community leaders have worked hard to develop a school bond proposal that will help our schools and community by creating schools with fewer students; reducing traffic on the roads by shifting buses and kids out of downtown; and helping our students get the education they deserve, the opportunity and space to play, and the chance to learn in schools that love them in a community that they love.
Please support Ridgefield’s schools and vote “yes” this February.
