I was at my third grader's last football game about a week ago. I noticed a group of parents talking feverishly. All of a sudden a mom comes my way--"you're the mayor, aren't you?" she asks. Very few good conversations start this way.
Luckily, she didn't have a complaint about the city. She was upset about the school district boundary changes. She lives in Bearpath and explained that although her kids don't attend Cedar Ridge, she is worried that property values in Bearpath will fall if kids no longer go to a neighborhood school. She wanted to know from me whether it was easy to find out how much property tax is generated by Bearpath.
This school issue is very curious. It won't go away. Parents are angry. That's not good for anyone, except maybe the local newspapers.
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