This School District lie cost rural St. Louis County residents a civil war in their schools at a cost of over $78 million dollars.
If residents vote no, their taxes will most likely still increase, in some cases by a large amount. That’s because if the plan is not approved, the school district would enter into “statutory operating debt” by June 2011, which means the State of Minnesota recognizes that the school district can no longer balance its expenditures and revenues, and would need to dissolve. Children in this school district would then go to neighboring school districts.
Its the sort of BS that would do Duluth’s School Board proud.
This is the first time I’ve seen a story in the Trib credited to Minnesota Public Radio!
