Susan Goding raises some interesting questions about the Highline School District and student performance.

I think we would all agree that there is definitely a need to redesign the Highline School's educational model in order to raise our student performance and test scores.

I was concerned when, in the Highline Highlights Back-to-School Community Report issued recently, our superintendent, John Welch, touched on the need to "delve deeper into evaluating student results and working together to find more effective ways to help students learn..." and then talked about "a bond that will allow us to rebuild aging schools."

I hope the district has more specific, measurable educational goals, especially given the amount of money the taxpayers have given in the past 10 years for bonds to rebuild most of our schools. Our district test scores are among the lowest in the state.

Bonnie Moormeier
Burien

(Editor's Note: The Highline School District has decided not to place a construction bond measure on the February ballot.)