If approved, the measure will raise the district's tax levy by 49 cents.
The Ladue School Board will let voters decide next year whether to increase its tax levy by 49 cents. The board voted 5-1 on Monday to place a proposition up for a public vote authorizing the school district “to increase the operating tax levy of the District by $0.49 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.” According to the ballot language, the increase would be used for “paying for costs of educational programs, school supplies and equipment, student transportation, employee salaries, utilities, maintaining existing facilities, and other operational expenses of the District.” If the measure is approved by voters, the adjusted operating levy for the district is estimated to be $3.24 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. …
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Some board members find idea transformational, while others feel it could threaten a proposed tax levy.
Students at Ladue Horton Watkins High School would get a laptop under a proposal discussed Monday at a Ladue Board of Education work session. Rob Highfill, who serves as Ladue School District's Director of Information Technology Services, gave a presentation to the board dubbed the “21st Century Learning Initiative.” At the heart of the plan is providing every high school student in the district with a laptop by the 2012-2013 school year, which he said could result anywhere from a $100,000 to $165,000 a year increase in the yearly capital budget. Highfill said the initiative could provide students with expanded and constantly updated information. He also said laptops would provide students with access to technology resources at all times…
cherry
9:37 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011
Voting for this tax means voting for endless taxes. Clearly the school district has an out-of-control spending problem. We just voted for a tax increase last year. How many tax increases will satisfy the school? Endless. Vote no to stop the mindless spending. more ›