Site last updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Log In

Reset Password
MENU
Butler County's great daily newspaper

Where's the payoff?

In the June 14 edition of the Eagle l read that the Butler School Board is raising school taxes the maximum amount allowed by Pennsylvania law.

Now l am all in favor of funding education. I seem to recall that one of the reasons given for the recent consolidation was that the efficiencies achieved with fewer schools would save money. Unused school buildings are being sold, creating another income source.

I guess these savings are like the ones promised by the Butler County Commissioners on the sale of the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: mythical and fictional.

Now both the school district and the county plead poverty, with the county almost broke, and the school district seeking the maximum tax increase allowable by law. Strange, isn’t it?

More in Letters to the Editor

Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter

* indicates required
TODAY'S PHOTOS