On Dec. 21, 2017, the FHSD Board of Education voted in agreement to place Proposition Learn on the April 3 ballot. Proposition Learn is a 48 cents tax levy that would help the district to improve and keep many things operating. This is the third attempt to pass a tax levy in the past four years. However, this time may be different.

“This time, the board is unified,” Board of Education President Rene Cope said. “The Board feels strongly that we need the funds, and, unfortunately, some of the students have started to feel the repercussions of not having them.”

If the levy is approved, the funds would go to technology updates, providing new programming, innovative courses, hiring staff to address student needs, supporting struggling students, providing updated classroom materials, funding for extracurricular activities and, after two frozen years, increasing staff compensation.

“I think that it would be awesome if it passed,” sophomore Alayna Furch said. “I get why someone wouldn’t want to pay more, but we really need the money, and with it, we would be able to keep the things that make us enjoy school more and improve the classes more, in general.”

If Proposition Learn does not get approved by the voters, there could be several cutbacks on some of the activities the students are allowed to participate in at the schools in the district. A lot of students, parents and teachers all believe that extracurriculars are very important to the students, not only because it provides a relief from school, but also because extracurricular activities can help someone develop as a person.

“We have tried to keep the cuts away from students as much as possible,” Cope said. “We want them to be prepared to take on life after graduating from our schools.”