To the editor:

The Mehlville School District is requesting a tax increase to raise teacher salaries.

My question is, how much money did the district receive in PPE funds? How was it spent?

I am all for an increase in salary for our teachers, who I believe have a thankless job; however, this district just received a tax increase for building updates, no mention of teachers salaries.

To be honest, I don’t trust the politics involved.

I have lived in the district since 1959. My children and grandchildren graduated from these schools. Yes, I did vote for the last tax increase; but, I have a question regarding priority. Could it be that teachers and others’ salaries were not considered until the district was in jeopardy of losing their best and brightest?

Joyce Harris
Oakville

Editor’s note: The last tax rate increase in Mehlville was Proposition R in 2015. The last ballot measure in 2021, Proposition S, was a no tax-rate-increase bond specifically to address facility needs.