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Old 11-04-2023, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Randall55 View Post
I was pondering the same. Why did school taxes go up when 70-80% of the tax base do not have children? If you take into account the Developer built three new schools at no charge, it makes less sense. Maybe, they are upgrading/remodeling the older schools? Maybe, more children have moved into the area? Quite a bit of apartments, townhomes, and subdivisions have been built.
if I see the money going to help or benefit our local kids, it's ok by me. there's a lot of good ones out there who need every opportunity available to them so they can be productive members of our society