Concord school tax already up 40%
It bothers me when the Concord School Board brags that the school tax rate goes up less than inflation, because that means either they don’t understand accounting or they are trying to mislead the public. (And it bugs me that the Monitor lets them get away with it instead of calling them out.) People don’t care about the tax rate, they care about the dollar amount of taxes they pay which is the tax rate times the assessed value of the property. From 2017 to 2024, the assessed value of my house with no upgrades went up 33% and the dollar amount of school taxes paid went up 40% as compared to a CPI inflation increase of 28%.
And since enrollment was decreasing, the cost per pupil was up nearly 50% in just seven years. This is good if you want to brag about how much you spend, but bad if you want to claim low taxes. Of course the attraction of Concord schools is inputs (how much is spent) not outputs (dismal test scores).
If you don’t believe it, look at your old tax bills. And vote for Jeff Wells for School Board District B, who has pledged better information for the public.