Put aside issues with Somerset and put the students first

I am writing as the parent of a student at Somerset, regarding the remarks made by School Board chair Shirley Washington, as printed in the March 29 edition of the Jefferson Journal. As a parent I am very disappointed with Ms. Washington’s position on the $3.1 million appropriation request that Somerset has made to the legislature. For the life of me I cannot understand why anyone would oppose a $3.1 million dollar appropriation request made by a district for which she is supposed to be advoc