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Board reviews draft parcel-tax resolution as trustees debate class-size wording
Summary
Mill Valley trustees heard a presentation from consultants on a draft parcel-tax resolution and debated whether the ballot language should explicitly promise 'small class sizes.' Presenters said polling led them to shorten the 75-word ballot line; the full resolution retains class-size language. The board will consider final language next month.
The Mill Valley School Board on Jan. 15 reviewed a consultant-drafted resolution to renew and reauthorize the district's parcel tax and discussed how the measure should describe class-size protections.
Lauren Ash of Team Civics and Jocelyn Peach of DWK, the district's counsel on the measure, presented the draft resolution and its exhibits and noted key procedural deadlines for placing a measure on the June primary ballot. The consultants said the draft combines a renewal and a reauthorization and that the short ballot question must fit a 75-word limit.
The presenters described the measure’s terms as drafted for board feedback: the text the board reviewed references a combined eight‑year proposal with a $1,520 figure included in packet materials and continues an existing…
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