SOS is a grass-roots organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening our public schools. Our goals include engaging the community in the school budget process, exploring numerous ways of increasing funding to our schools, and encouraging cost saving initiatives while maintaining a high standard of educational excellence.
Posted in Property Tax, State Fiscal Conditions on Jul 1st, 2011
The amount of tax we have to raise is significantly impacted by the low percentage of HWRSD costs paid for by the state. The chart below shows the percentage of our “foundation budget” (the level of spending the state feels is minimally adequate) that is paid for by the state. HWRSD gets less than [...]
Posted in Compare School Districts, Property Tax on Jul 1st, 2011
Why will our property tax rates remain well above average with average (or below average) school spending? Many towns and cities have school spending at or above the average for the state, but have much lower tax rates. Property tax rates are the result of two factors: How much money you need to raise The [...]
Posted in Funding Our Schools, Property Tax on Jul 1st, 2011
Based on FY 2010 data, HWRSD spends approximately $850 per pupil (or 6.3%) more than the average district. See “HWRSD Spending: Do we want to be average or competitive?” Since we have approximately 2000 students in the HWRSD, our total above-average spending was $1.7M in FY 2010. As noted in the “HWRSD Spending” section, we [...]
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SOS is a grass-roots organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening our public schools. Our goals include engaging the community in the school budget process, exploring numerous ways of increasing funding to our schools, and encouraging cost saving initiatives while maintaining a high standard of educational excellence.
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