The sky will not fall, your taxes will not go up twice as much next year. I believe that to be a scare tactic. It could be the School Board will be successful at getting close to the $800,000. Best not to guess, but see what actually happens with time. If the school board is not able to get down to $800,000, they do have the option of going to Superior Court and asking for more money for the school system via a special meeting. Don't believe rumors, your property tax bill will not double if quorum is not reached on May 7th and I believe it will not be reached.
With regard to the "We Stand Up For Croydon Students" crowd. There are people who have children in Croydon who do not support the ~ 1.7 million budget. Don't feel badly about the logical fallacy "it is for the children," that is appeal to emotion. Stick to the facts, not fear, not emotions.
Cathy Peschke
197:3 Raising Money at Special Meeting. –
I. (a) No school district at any special meeting shall raise or appropriate money nor reduce or rescind any appropriation made at a previous meeting, unless the vote thereon is by ballot, nor unless the ballots cast at such meeting shall be equal in number to at least 1/2 of the number of voters of such district entitled to vote at the regular meeting next preceding such special meeting; and, if a checklist was used at the last preceding regular meeting, the same shall be used to ascertain the number of legal voters in said district; and such checklist, corrected according to law, may be used at such special meeting upon request of 10 legal voters of the district. In case an emergency arises requiring an immediate expenditure of money, the school board may petition the superior court for permission to hold a special district meeting, which, if granted, shall give said district meeting the same authority as an annual district meeting.
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