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Continue reading →: Spring SimplicityVernal cheeks blushing; Blossoms taken by the breeze; Lived simplicity.
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Continue reading →: The League of Women Voters Hosts a Presentation on How Voting, Levies, and Bonds Work
The Wayne County Auditor and the Director of the Wayne County Board of Elections presented the differences between the current Ohio Issue 2, Fixed Rate levies, Fixed Sum levies, and Bonds. Though the event covered all of Wayne County, my interpretation focuses only on Wooster.
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Continue reading →: My Spring 2025 Tour of Cornerstone: A Bittersweet Path to the Future and the Past
My personal reflections from a tour of Cornerstone Elementary School with my daughter who is now a senior in high school. Includes pictures showing the good and the bad from a pervious tour I took in late 2023.
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Continue reading →: The 3 Unresolved Community Conflicts of the Upcoming Levy
The levy on May 6th 2025 involves 3 main community concerns: The Cost, Cornerstone’s Fate, and Neighborhood Elementary Schools. What happens to each of these concerns if the levy passes and if it fails?
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Continue reading →: The Tax Machines That Feed the School District: A Deep Dive
How the school district collects tax money is very complicated. Here each source of tax money has been broken down into board game like playing pieces. Different eras of Wooster’s funding of the schools and how they cast a show today are compared.
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Continue reading →: The State Limited How Much the Wooster School District Funding Increased in 2023
Our tax bills went up. Our property values went up 35% on average. The school district is only collecting 4% more in tax. Our property tax rate went down 10 mils. All of these are true at the same time. How is this possible?
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Continue reading →: Why the School District Can’t Pay Staff with Building Money
The school district is restricted in how it can spend public money. This explores what money can by used to pay for what. It also explains what will change if the spring 2025 bond levy passes.
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Continue reading →: 2025 Spring School Levy Information Meeting and Q&A
A report on the public presentation given by superintendent Tudor on the reasons and details of the proposed building bond levy. Also included is a summary of community questions and superintendent answers by topic.
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Excellent write-up. Thanks for providing information that would otherwise be missed.