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The Orion school board will hold a public hearing on the proposed tax levy for next year at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, in the district office.
Orion superintendent Dave Deets’ best estimate is that the assessed value of property in the school district will go up 3 percent.
Based on that estimate, school board members chose Wednesday, Nov. 16, to present a proposed increase of $105,627 at the public hearing.
Following the hearing, the board will vote on the proposal.
Because of the increase in property values, Deets expects the tax rate to go down 5.74 cents per $100 of assessed value.
The owner of a home valued at $120,000 both this year and next year will pay $22.96 less in 2012. Only if the assessed value goes up will the homeowner pay more.
Deets said the $105,627 increase in the levy is a 2 percent increase in the $5.3 million levied this year. Altogether, the district plans to levy $5.4 million in the coming year.
The superintendent said Denise Jacobsen, the district’s accounting manager, “has been wonderful about spotting out-of-the-way expenses. She has found savings.”
In other business
• Orion High School principal Nathan DeBaillie reported the Student Hunger Drive brought in more than 9,000 lbs. of food, a 45 percent increase over last year.
R.C. Lowe, principal of C.R. Hanna Elementary School, said the total included 3,867 pounds his students collected. The items weighed more than a Volkswagen Beetle. Physical education teacher Becky Nightingale led the collection effort.
• Orion PTA representative Vicki Tennant reported the vendor fair on Saturday, Nov. 5, cleared $2,000.
• Rock River Alternative School, rural Geneseo, has been great for students who otherwise would have faced expulsion, Deets told the board. But United Township High School, East Moline, is pulling out of the coalition that supports Rock River, and the enrollment will be too small to make it possible to continue operating the school.
• Lowe said he has been asked to appear as Will Ferrell’s character in “Elf” at the first- and second-grade music festival at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at Orion High School.
• DeBaillie said career education coordinator Chris Baumann arranged for 30 speakers on career night at the high school. In each of two 45-minute sessions, students heard from three speakers.
• Orion Middle School principal Tiffany Springer said students traced their hands to show they wanted to “Give a Hand to Veterans.”
• Andrew Layer resigned as assistant baseball coach.
• Emily Walker was hired as Response to Intervention coordinator.
• Adam Bohland was hired as assistant wrestling coach at the high school.
• Volunteer coaches for winter sports were approved.
The Orion school board will hold a public hearing on the proposed tax levy for next year at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, in the district office.
Orion superintendent Dave Deets’ best estimate is that the assessed value of property in the school district will go up 3 percent.
Based on that estimate, school board members chose Wednesday, Nov. 16, to present a proposed increase of $105,627 at the public hearing.
Following the hearing, the board will vote on the proposal.
Because of the increase in property values, Deets expects the tax rate to go down 5.74 cents per $100 of assessed value.
The owner of a home valued at $120,000 both this year and next year will pay $22.96 less in 2012. Only if the assessed value goes up will the homeowner pay more.
Deets said the $105,627 increase in the levy is a 2 percent increase in the $5.3 million levied this year. Altogether, the district plans to levy $5.4 million in the coming year.
The superintendent said Denise Jacobsen, the district’s accounting manager, “has been wonderful about spotting out-of-the-way expenses. She has found savings.”
In other business
• Orion High School principal Nathan DeBaillie reported the Student Hunger Drive brought in more than 9,000 lbs. of food, a 45 percent increase over last year.
R.C. Lowe, principal of C.R. Hanna Elementary School, said the total included 3,867 pounds his students collected. The items weighed more than a Volkswagen Beetle. Physical education teacher Becky Nightingale led the collection effort.
• Orion PTA representative Vicki Tennant reported the vendor fair on Saturday, Nov. 5, cleared $2,000.
• Rock River Alternative School, rural Geneseo, has been great for students who otherwise would have faced expulsion, Deets told the board. But United Township High School, East Moline, is pulling out of the coalition that supports Rock River, and the enrollment will be too small to make it possible to continue operating the school.
• Lowe said he has been asked to appear as Will Ferrell’s character in “Elf” at the first- and second-grade music festival at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at Orion High School.
• DeBaillie said career education coordinator Chris Baumann arranged for 30 speakers on career night at the high school. In each of two 45-minute sessions, students heard from three speakers.
• Orion Middle School principal Tiffany Springer said students traced their hands to show they wanted to “Give a Hand to Veterans.”
• Andrew Layer resigned as assistant baseball coach.
• Emily Walker was hired as Response to Intervention coordinator.
• Adam Bohland was hired as assistant wrestling coach at the high school.
• Volunteer coaches for winter sports were approved.
