Cy-Fair ISD to raise tax rates; trustees don't feel residents' pain
So, officials in Cy-Fair ISD (home of the fabulous $70 million Berry Center) want to raise the property tax rate and some local residents are none too happy about that idea (KTRH-740):
The school district’s administration, headed up by Superintendent Dr. David Anthony, is recommending trustees raise the maintenance and operations property tax rate to just over $1.35 per $100 valuation. It was lowered from $1.50 to $1.33 per $100 valuation under the school finance reform passed this year by lawmakers in Austin.
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School Trustee Al Martinez Jr. said “I will not apologize for the Berry Center. We could have a Stadium on Barker Cypress, an arena on Skinner, a food service center somewhere else…combining it all was a savings to the district. If we’re going to support our kids, we need the facilities to support them.”
Well, that's easy for Trustee Martinez to say since, as Lone Star Times helpfully pointed out, Martinez is one of several Cy-Fair ISD board members who hasn't seen an increase in his property appraisal in several years.
And Superintendent David Anthony adds a typical educrat scare tactic:
Anthony also said the alternative to this tax hike is cutting programs that help kids, like tutoring.
Let's have a look-see at Cy-Fair's budget and see if all the fluff has already been cut out. How many extra administrators and associated administrative costs have been cut? How about administrative junkets, meetings, parties, team-building seminars, etc, etc.?
The first thing on Superintendent Anthony's list to cut is tutoring for students. And anyone who opposes his plan will be villified.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 10/06/06 06:47 AM | Print |
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