The community is invited to three meetings designed to share information about two upcoming levies that will be placed before the voters as a special election on Feb. 9, 2010. One of the meetings will be held at West Seattle's Madison Middle School.

The Operations Levy, which renews every three years, represents nearly 25 percent of Seattle Public Schools’ annual general fund budget and supports basic educational programs not fully funded by the state.  


The Buildings, Technology and Academics III (BTA III) Capital Levy goes before the voters every six years and funds hundreds of small renovations and major maintenance projects, technology and academic initiatives. 


Meeting dates/times:

Tuesday, Sept. 22 at Mercer Middle School, 1600 S. Columbian Way, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Thursday Sept. 24 at Madison Middle Schoool, 3429 45th Ave. S.W., from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 28, Eckstein Middle School, 3003 N.E. 75th St., from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

The purpose of the community meetings is to inform the public, present information and answer questions, according to the district. 
Interpreters will be at the meetings for the following languages: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrigna and Vietnamese. 

For more details, visit www.seattleschools.org and select “Levies 2010.” Comments may be emailed to 2010levies@seattleschools.org or mailed to Levies 2010, Seattle Public Schools, M.S. 22-336, P.O. Box 34165, Seattle, WA, 98124-1165.