Friday, November 16, 2007

ROY-HART EXPANSION SHOT DOWN

Last night the citizens of our school district we're able to vote their opinion on expansion. Some snippets from the Lockport Union Sun and Journal...

The 2007 Royalton-Hartland Central School District Facilities Project is dead.

Residents voted 385-331 against the renovation and expansion project that would have raised taxes approximately 17 cents more per $1,000 of assessed value. The total cost for the project would have been about $15 million, with most being covered by state aid. The amount after the aid would be about $1.4 million, which is the amount that residents would be responsible for and paying through the tax increase. Superintendent Paul Bona said the district will try to find out what parts of the project residents did not like.

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