Oak Park School District feels the loss

The only losers in last week's bond election are the children. They are the ones who will be paying for H6 not passing.

Mr. Loesing is right, we do have the highest tax rate, but does he see a Costco in our backyard or The Oaks mall providing us with extra tax dollars?

Yes, we have a new track at the high school, along with no visitor bleachers and a field that never drains correctly. Yes, we have a new pavilion, along with no theater seating and no sound system. Yes, our kids have great teachers, and they will continue to be uncomfortable and hot in airless outdated gyms.

While the difference in our tax rate and L.A. Unified's is a whopping 20 percent, I know where I would prefer to go to school.

The reason most of us moved here is the school district. The reason our property values skyrocketed is the school district.

And how do we reward them for one of the highest ranking schools in the country? Letting them down, that's how. And all for what--the cost of a cup of coffee a day, because that is what the average Oak Park homeowner is paying today. Pretty inexpensive for our "private school atmosphere," I would say.

And the saddest thing of all, it is the only school bond measure in California to fail, and now that the state has been able to pass school bond 1D, our district will not see a penny of it since it provides matching funds only. A sad day indeed when the losers are the kids. Liz Kramer Oak Park