{"id":16383,"date":"2016-06-18T00:07:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T00:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=16383"},"modified":"2016-06-18T00:07:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T00:07:27","slug":"montrose-area-taxes-up-1-4-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2016\/06\/18\/montrose-area-taxes-up-1-4-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Montrose Area taxes up 1.4 mills"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY STACI WILSON<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taxpayers in the Montrose Area School District will see just over a 1.4 mill increase in their tax bills this year. The district\u2019s 2016-17 budget totals nearly $26 million.<\/p>\n

The board voted Monday to set tax rates at 47.3027 mills, up from the 2015 rate of 45.8805.<\/p>\n

Other tax revenue approved included an Act 679 $5 per capita tax; as well as an Act 511 $5 per capita tax; and 75 mills of assessed valuation for occupation.<\/p>\n

The 2 percent, single payment discount period will run July 1 through Aug. 31; face amount collection runs Sept. 1 \u2013 Oct. 31; and single payment from Nov. 1 and after carries a 10 percent penalty.<\/p>\n

Installment payments can be started on or before Aug. 10; with the second one due on or before Sept. 20; and the third payment on or before Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

The district received $7,307 for its Homestead\/Farmstead exclusion. Those property owners with approved Homestead\/Farmstead applications will see a $352.61 savings on their tax bills.<\/p>\n

The board will hold a special meeting on June 28 to conduct end-of-the-year fiscal business.<\/p>\n

Montrose Education Association president Teri Evans once again requested the board move the teachers\u2019 start date for the coming year.<\/p>\n

She said faculty members would be going five weeks without a paycheck due to the current contract language. Teachers are not paid until the first Friday after the start of the school year.<\/p>\n

Board president Gloria Smith said she believed that at the last meeting, the board opted to keep the start date as scheduled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI left thinking it was not a done deal,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n

MEA\u2019s Jack Kiehl said the board approved the school calendar but said issue was left with the board being able to revisit the date.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Carol Boyce said construction issues pushed back the school start time until after Labor Day, but the board did have the power to change the teachers\u2019 starting date.<\/p>\n

Boyce also said Evans\u2019 request was moving into the realm of contract negotiations.<\/p>\n

School director Richard Jordan said MEA had asked to go to arbitration over the contract impasse and said he was not in favor of piecemealing an agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t want negotiations,\u201d he said, \u201cYou want arbitration. That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Board member Paul Adams said that with the negotiations process, the board could consider the request as an \u201colive branch.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the state extending a moratorium two years on the high-stakes Keystone Exam graduation requirement, High School Assistant Principal Eric Powers proposed new district graduation requirements.<\/p>\n

Powers recommended the three Keystone Exams be kept as a local requirement.<\/p>\n

He said that retaining that requirement would \u201ckeep the pressure on us\u201d as well as make certain students also had \u201csome skin in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Often, he said, districts and teachers are evaluated based on high stakes testing but the students often are not.<\/p>\n

Students who are not successful with the exams would be given the option of completing a graduation project during their senior year.<\/p>\n

Principal William King also proposed increasing the athletic eligibility requirements in the district.<\/p>\n

The proposed change would make any student athlete failing two or more classes ineligible to play for that week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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