Eleven districts in the South and East Bay have placed measures on Tuesday’s ballot. Here’s how to evaluate them.
Third grade teacher Kirsten Burrus, center, works with students during the first day of instruction at Twin Creeks Elementary School on Aug. 10, 2022. The San Ramon Valley Unified School District is one of 11 South and East Bay districts with parcel taxes on Tuesday’s ballot.
On that latter point, districts often fail to disclose on the ballot or in the official voter guides the other taxes they collect. So, property owners should check their tax bills. District property owners also pay to retire school construction bonds. This year, that tax was $64 per $100,000 of the property’s assessed value. For the owner of a single-family home assessed at the district average $648,955, that’s about $415 annually.The district has no other parcel tax for operations, the amount sought is modest compared to amounts in other Bay Area districts, and the district receives a disproportionately small amount of funding per student compared to other districts.
Also, the ballot wording and supplementary material makes no mention of the existing parcel tax. Voters should be given complete information.Cost: $144 per parcel annually for operations for nine years.
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