Rantoul school board OKs tax levy increase ; Members discuss another attempt with ballot proposal 2 Star Edition
"I have a son in eighth grade science, and there are 30 kids in his class now," said board member Sandra Uhlott. "They don't have enough science books for everyone - so they don't have homework. That's now. We can't make the children pay this price." "We...
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| Published in | News-gazette (Champaign, Ill.) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Champaign, Ill
News Gazette
20.11.2002
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| Summary: | "I have a son in eighth grade science, and there are 30 kids in his class now," said board member Sandra Uhlott. "They don't have enough science books for everyone - so they don't have homework. That's now. We can't make the children pay this price." "We need this now, not three years from now," said board member Ruby Weathersby of the tax money. "We need it now in order to maintain the high quality (of education). I am of the utmost opinion that we need to get it back on the ballot now. Regarding the tax levy increase, [Bill Trankina] said in 2001, the district's tax levy was about $2,198,000. The board approved a total increase of about 2.4 percent, totaling a little more than $2,251,700. |
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| ISSN: | 1042-3354 |