The Mercury News/Education/Sharon Noguchi, 4/29/16. "School taxes in three districts on Tuesday ballots."
School parcel taxes: Menlo Park, Brisbane, Los Gatos-Saratoga |
Casting my May mail-in ballot, I voted yes of course!. |
Neither tax proposal has a sunset clause. --- In total, property owners in the Menlo Park City School District currently pay $851 in parcel taxes to the district, which runs three elementary schools and one middle school. If both measures pass, the parcel tax bill would grow to at least $1,320 per year, adjusted for inflation.
At the other end of the county, the Brisbane School District is seeking to renew and increase a parcel tax passed five years ago. Measure B would impose a six-year, $131 parcel tax. It would raise more than $400,000 to support reading, art and music. The existing parcel tax is $119.
In the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District, Measure A would extend for eight years a $49 parcel tax. The current tax generates $955,000 annually for teacher salaries and classroom materials, and accounts for about 2 percent of the district's budget." Read more.
Note photograph/graphic. Mail box from Franklin County (FL), absentee ballot. Ballot box graphic from The American Chestnut Foundation.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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