I had not expected to write this, and I am up this morning blasting 70s Rock in the computer room like I am still in high school.( My friend Jo Beth will be proud of me, I'm listing to partly to the British band Trapeze. ).... I am expecting St. Deborah to come in and tell me to turn it down....Nah, we have a noise-making " White Noise" machine in the master bedroom sounds like a Boeing 777 taking off....
But I digress.....
Last night the Buna ISD's Board of Trustees met, and it was discovered that the Buna ISD had a surplus of $2.3 million, which can neither go to students or teachers.....The money will go towards paying down debt...Which is not a bad thing.
I am assuming keep this up and debt will be paid off....Or not......Schools are bad about spending " other people's money" and incurring other debt.
Trouble is, you folks in Buna ISD are paying more in property taxes than the "rich folks" over in Hardin County at Lumberton ISD....
I've been told that allegedly, the school taxes are so high in Jasper County that Commissioner's Court can't raise taxes for roads, bridges, law enforcement.....And I've driven down many of your county roads, they are a mishmash of potholes and patches.
I taught in a district in which there was a property tax election to roll back taxes....The school used scare tactics saying we'll have to drop, football, band, ag classes......The rollback passed and nothing changed....Some ambitious soul might want to do some research and see if that is still possible, or even feasible.
Or not.......
Just saying.....
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