To the Editor:

This is in response to Larry Chalk (“Funding Fiasco,” 8/16).

Larry, I’m sorry you don’t value a good education. Yes, the year-round population on the Island is down, resulting in fewer kids from each town heading over the bridge to Southern. Because of that, the per-pupil cost goes up. However, the taxpayers on LBI and the mainland are assessed at the same rate when it comes to school taxes.

August 23, 2017