Camas citizens from every walk of life continue to back bonds and levies for Camas School District – and that's because every kind of Camas citizen benefits from strong schools! See who is showing their support for the upcoming levies.

Testimonials

Aunna Elm

On February 13th, voters have the opportunity to Vote YES on two replacement levies that enable Camas School District to provide enrichments and critical supports for students that the state legislature either doesn’t fully fund, or fund at all. These are not new taxes! Voting YES continues funding at the existing rates when the two current levies expire at the end of 2024.

The first levy is for Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O). It provides critical funding for teacher salaries that the state doesn’t cover, as well as professional development, ALL extracurriculars (including sports), instructional materials, AP courses, the Highly Capable program, special education services, bus services, crossing guards, elective classes, health services, custodians, building and grounds maintenance, and more.

The second replacement levy is a Capital Levy for Technology, Health, and Safety, which funds almost all hardware and software costs, such as Skyward, as well as capital maintenance, like roofs and heaters, and keeping Doc Harris and Cardon Fields safe by providing turf replacement funding.  

My student benefited from levy-funded programs in ways we never would have imagined. For example, students are incredibly fortunate that our district offers Mandarin, which is identified by the U.S. Department of State as a “critical language” more young Americans should learn in the interests of national well-being and economic prosperity. Thanks to the opportunity to take Mandarin in high school, our son received a national scholarship to study Mandarin in Taiwan. Please don’t take levy-funded electives, like language options, for granted!

In addition, our levy-funded high school robotics team, FRC Team 2471, offers opportunities that benefit students well beyond high school, including machinery use and certification, engineering design, computer programming, data science, business development, fundraising, community outreach, and of course, building robots and competing with “gracious professionalism” (a core value) at regional and international competitions.  

Students in our district benefit every day from a rich variety of levy-funded programs and supports, across all grade levels!

Please don’t assume the levies will pass without returning your ballot with a YES Vote! Our last levy passed by one of the thinnest margins ever – EVERY YES VOTE COUNTS. Let’s send a clear message on Election Day that this community puts students first!

Scott and Dr. Allison Higgins

As we get older and our kids are no longer in school, our personal experiences in the school district are different than they used to be. When Scott was a Camas student, it was easy for him to see all the things the levy did, and he was thankful that voters supported schools in his youth.

As we became parents, we also could see daily the good that was coming out of Camas schools through our children. We always proudly voted to support Camas schools.

In this chapter with our kids grown, for us it is still quite simple. We love this community, and the Camas School District is a big reason for that love. We love living in a community that has helped educate two generations of our family. We are proud to support this replacement levy to help our schools keep up the good they have done and grow into the future. We want to live in a thriving community, and so for this reason, we are voting Yes and ask you to join us. Thank you, Camas schools, for all the ways you have been a positive influence in our lives, and we hope that will continue for many years to come.

Reilly Hennessey • CHS Alumni

As a former K-12 Camas student, my classmates and I benefited immensely from both classroom and extracurricular programs funded by Camas school levies. Specifically, Camas school sports, music, theater, and robotics were just a few of the levy-funded programs that have cultivated a life-influencing opportunity after my high school graduation. Looking back, I see why this educational experience is the reason so many families chose Camas as their homestead.

My participation and development as a Camas football and baseball player, with levy-funded coaches, trainers, and facilities, instilled a love and purpose in something that has catapulted me thus far in life. Incredibly, it has taken me to other parts of our globe, where I have been able to share my experience, continue my learning opportunity, teach, give back, and hopefully soon bring back this passion to my Camas community. It is with such pride that I boast, in all the places I have lived, people I have met, and friends I have made, about the town in which I was raised, all of which made possible to me by an amazing Camas community and its extraordinary educational programs.

I am only one example in a very large pool of Camas graduates who share this pride and thankfulness. There are many more to come from your continued support and renewal of this important levy. I hope for and look forward to hearing about future life-influencing opportunities from every student who gets so lucky to grow up in Camas schools.

Please join me in voting Yes for Camas Schools!

Reilly Hennessey, CHS 2014
Stuttgart Surge, QB, European League of Football