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Longtime Ames resident urges board to examine why new development falls outside Ames Community School District during levy hearing
Summary
At a public hearing on the district's certified budget and property tax levy, longtime Ames resident Johan Goldchin urged the board to investigate development in nearby Gilbert and why high-value properties inside the city are not part of the Ames Community School District, and requested a meeting with district leadership to present his research.
Longtime Ames resident Johan Goldchin told the Ames Community School District board during the certified-budget public hearing that he has followed the district's finances since 2016 and is concerned that recent development inside the city limits is not being captured by the school district tax base. "I see that in many occasion the school board ... they are short of budget," Goldchin…
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