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ktxhopem3276 t1_j6ie5io wrote

Reply to comment by uglybushes in School Me on the Property Tax Assessment Appeal by 3RudySquared

I’m not disputing that and you are trying to straw man my point. I’m disputing your exaggerated numbers and oversimplification in your original comment that might perpetuate a false narrative that the students didn’t deserve a new school

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uglybushes t1_j6ifdn7 wrote

Home owners don’t deserve the tax rate for quality of schools they receive. New building don’t educate better. 10% of the Money could have been spent on early education and that would have lead to a 1000x better school district in 10 years

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ktxhopem3276 t1_j6ignob wrote

You are still missing the point I’m trying to make. Penn hills wasn’t unique in building new schools. They built new schools without a large enough tax base to pay for them. It’s not like they were a good district before they spent the money. It has become a self fulfilling prophecy as people learn the school district is failing, housing prices go down which means tax rate has to go up. I support early education and they should spend money on the most effective solutions. Your exaggerated numbers are obnoxious

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