To the Editor:

Now that the school levy has passed and the board is looking to the future, I hope our leaders will take this as an opportunity to mute the spending critics.

Future budgets must include at least two years of cost of living and step increase freezes. This is at a very minimum, in my opinion.

I urge the board and the administrators to set these expectations now, well before the next round of contract talks begins.

John Toth