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Representative Bies Receives “Friend of Education” Award

Representative Garey Bies (R-Sister Bay) was recently named a 2013 “Friend of Education” by the Fair Aid Coalition in recognition of his leadership and determination to ensure all students receive some State support.

The Fair Aid Coalition is an organization of school districts whose mission is to enhance state funding for Wisconsin’s high property value school districts; Gibraltar, Sevastopol, and Washington Island school districts are long-standing coalition members.

“Representative Bies understands the challenges our districts face due to the fact that we receive little or no state support,” said Tim Raymond, administrator of the Washington Island School district. “To minimize the local property tax and help support our educational programs, Representative Bies has been working on legislation that would bring more state dollars to our schools.”