Amendment 66 can help these students grow and thrive. This amendment funnels new tax dollars into early-childhood education, at-risk students, English-language learners, charter schools and locally determined innovations. While today it seems the word “tax” evokes all manner of disdain and outright rejection, I submit we ought to carefully examine what this amendment can do to promote equality. In response to a recent Durango Herald headline, “Will well-off districts carry brunt of Amendment 66?” (Oct. 21), I would contend all lives have equal value – no matter their ZIP code.

Jennifer Trujillo

Durango