[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by jrref

Don, great video as always. How are the new schools in Middleton going to affect our school taxes? Is Middleton in Sumpter or Lake counties?

I understand the reason for building the schools, etc, but i'm concerned the school budget may get too large for us to pay for.

Back in NY every town and village had to have their own school system and school taxes were out of control which is why i'm concerned. I understand there will be a new population base to help spread the costs but some more detail or insite would be great on this matter.

The developer is actually paying for the entire new schools project, not the taxpayers, so it doesn't affect the school budget. The student population doesn't change dramatically year-over-year so the operating costs increase much each year either - when it opens they HS students will move here, and others will be redistributed between the new and old schools. The developer picks up a substantial portion of the operating cost (most people don't know or realize this) because they consider this an employee benefit and a part of the cost of doing business. The "greedy developer" and their subcontracts give back a lot more to the community than the "internet experts" know or can comprehend.

The local portion of your school tax continues to decrease, the state portion not as much, check your TRIM notice.