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Monticello school board approves preliminary tax levy, adopts policies and accepts community donations
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Monticello Public School District board approved submitting the preliminary tax levy to the maximum, adopted a package of policy updates including a Title IX revision and SRO policy changes, and accepted a donation of school supplies from Cub Foods. Multiple votes passed unanimously (6-0).
The Monticello Public School District board on Sept. 23 approved submitting its preliminary property tax levy “to the max,” adopted a set of ten policy updates and accepted a community donation of school supplies, all by unanimous voice votes.
The board voted 6-0 to direct staff to submit the preliminary levy at the maximum allowable level after Director of Business Services Tina Burkholder said the district’s total levy is projected to fall compared with the prior year. Burkholder noted adjustments in the voter-approved referendum and state aid calculations and cited an estimated decrease “of about $168,000” in one calculation while an internal spreadsheet showed a roughly…
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