Wawasee Schools is hoping to join a club of Indiana school districts. The club is made up of over 200 school districts that have found it necessary to ask their property owners to support a tax referendum. Although blessed with adequate revenue for facilities, transportation, and other locally supported operations fund items, the Wawasee educational fund from the state has not kept up with inflation.
On November 3, Wawasee is asking to supplement funding for school safety and counseling, instructional improvements, and career/technical course offerings. Improving our schools will position our community, school, and property values well into the future.
The referendum would allow Wawasee to impose a property tax rate limit at 28.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation although the school board is confident that 14.5 cents will be the actual levy. The median priced home of $150,000 for the district, with homestead exemption, would pay an additional $125.00 annually in property tax next year at the 14.5 cents rate.
Wawasee currently has the lowest school tax rate in the state.
Please join me in supporting the children of Wawasee Community Schools.
