Real Betty's Vote Sale!!!

Betty has a deal for all you registered voters who care about the education of our community!

Between now and May 3rd, you can bring your sealed election ballot in to us here at Betty's. We will put a stamp on it and mail it for you or drop it off at one of the official sites on May 3rd.

By doing this.... (drumroll please...) you may take 30% off of your ENTIRE purchase!!!

Because real Betty's vote.




Here's all the info:

Missoula County Public Schools will have four levies on the May 3 school elections ballot. If you are a voter that lives in the MCPS Elementary District, your ballot will include all four levies. If you live in the High School District (and your community is served by a different K-8 school district), your ballot will include only the two high school levies.

This is an all mail election. Ballots will be mailed Monday, April 18 and must be returned to the Elections Office by 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 3. Please take time to learn about these levies and the programs that they will support.

Q. What is a building reserve levy?
A. A building reserve is a local property tax authorized by voters to fund facility maintenance and repair, and purchase of various equipment. A building reserve levy generally pays for repairs or upgrades to roofs, flooring, plumbing, heating, electrical, phone and security systems, school building equipment and furniture, and other maintenance items.

Q. What is an operations levy?
A. On operations levy is a local property tax authorized by voters to fund the general fund, which provides for curriculum and instruction programs, classroom textbooks and supplies, extra-curricular program such as athletics, some computers and other technologies, employee salaries and benefits, fieldtrips and miscellaneous in-class programs.


Q. Are there items that these levies will not fund?
A. Building reserve levies do not pay for school district employee salaries or benefits, transportation of students to and from school, meals for students, textbooks and supplies, utilities (gas, electricity and water), and other expenditures not relating to the maintenance and equipping of District facilities.

Q. What will happen if voters do not approve these levies?
A. If voters do not approve these levies, the District will not be able to effectively maintain facilities and replace equipment. Reductions to general fund areas of the budget, curriculum and instruction programs, employee salaries and benefits, classroom supplies and textbooks, extra-curricular programs would be necessary to fund any emergency repairs or replacements. Basic maintenance would likely not occur.