How will needs and wants be addressed by city, schools?

The Cheney School District and its supporters face some difficult decisions in the next few months.

On Feb. 10, 2015 voters will go to the polls and decide the fate of a $44.8 million bond issue that would pay for a much-needed renovation of Cheney High School. Also on the ballot that day is a three-year maintenance and operations levy.

The 48-year-old Cheney High School, like its human counterparts born nearly a half century ago, is showing its age. Like its human counterpart it needs a makeover so it does not suffer a wardrobe malfunction as more and more students — currently about 1,200 — a...