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# Santa Monica Enrollment makes a difference
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-enrollment-makes-a-difference-editor/
- Published: 2008-02-14T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:29:27.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Zina Markevicius*

Your paper reports that Santa Monica teachers will get a pay raise while student enrollment is declining. Too bad we didn’t know this last week — before the election. My vote on Measure R might have been different.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 14, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)