The Underhill Central School annual meeting is Monday, March 3rd, 7:00 PM at Browns River Middle School. Some of you are planning to vote early and/or will not be able to attend the annual meeting. Your support is requested for both the budget and the bond issue for the safety upgrade to the school. More information can be obtained in the Town Report, from the CESU central office, the school Principal, or any board member. If possible, please attend the annual meeting.
For those who are concerned about the 9.2% increase to our property tax rate, please note that the elementary budget contribution to the property tax rate resulted in a decrease of 1.4% to the property tax rate. The MMUSD budget contribution resulted in an increase of 16.1%. They combine, since most of our students are in the MMUSD, to give the 9.2% increase shown in the middle of page 79 of the Town Report.
This is not because one group did a good job and the other did a poor job. Both are proposing small budget increases: MMUSD 2.32% increase, UCS 0.14% increase. The difference is because of the ups and down of the several factors used to calculate the property tax rate. Please also note that the legislature has not yet set the base property tax rate -- we can hope it will be lower than the $1.01 advertised.
Your support of our schools is encouraged and appreciated.
John LaRue, chair, Underhill Central School
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