Overcrowding at the school is a big problem

I find it tremendously sad that I have to write this letter to the residents of the Cheney School District, when over the years, you have been consistently telling Cheney’s youth, “We believe you are important and worth the investment.” So what happened? We received 58.4 percent yes votes, just 100 votes shy of passing this high school construction bond. This is proof that every vote matters, and being close is not enough.

The situation at the high school is critical! This is a big problem that is not going away. We are already 300 students over capacity. Student enrollment projections tell us...