The School District released its salvo of budget dis-information this week. Read the dis-information
Gotta hand it to 'em for maintaining a straight face as they blame 71% of the tax levy increase on the reduction is state aid.
Hello! You knew you were getting less state aid. You COULD choose to tighten your belt fiscally. Instead you gave what amounted to raises of over 4.0 % to administration and admin support staff. The school board rewarded some people already earning over $32.00 hour with raises of up to $2.50 per hour! Oh...but they're not going to mention that!
Isn't it funny that exactly the amount of tax levy NOT associated with debt service is totally attributed to cuts in state aid? And fuzzy math somehow makes a 4% aid cut into a 12% cut. It;s not that we spent $5M more this year...it's that we will receive $5M less.
" 71% of this increase is due to the reduction in state aid for schools. Historically, the school district has received annual increases of 8% in state aid (average over the last five years.) This year, we will see a 4.1% decrease in state aid, which results in a net loss of 12.1% in state aid. This net loss of $3.7 million is equal to 71% of the total tax levy increase of $5.2 million. "
--- School District flyer
How does 4.1% decrease become a 12.1% decrease in the same sentence????
Shame on the board and Administration.
- You KNEW the state was reducing equalized aid.
- ...and you knew what the cut would be.
- You COULD have tightened your belt and exercised fiscal restraint.
- But you didn't. Instead you opted to take it out of struggling taxpayers.
- And then you blame the state.
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