Another school tax increase....

This is not all bad for seniors, don't they drop school bonds at 65 and you only pay M&O until 68? It sounds like those over 65 will get a cut in their M&O,,, or am I reading this wrong?
 
I guess the 14.709 mils is the rate after the mandatory Georgia state mil reduction due to the increased tax digest in the county. That's quite a reduction from the norm, tt's been at 18.8 mils for years. I will say I was impressed during the recession that the schools didn't raise the rate while home values were diving, they cut the budget. With a final rate of 17.75, if the value of your home didn't go up, this will result in a slight tax cut. (Not much chance of that happening, but still)

You had to know this was coming. They have a new middle school planned for the Seven Hills Connector and new homes are being built like crazy. With the cost of diesel going up for all those busses, and the cost of food for the cafeteria, books, etc, going up they were going to need some cash.

I haven't gotten my 2022 validation yet. It will be interesting to see what they say this place is worth. The validation went up 10% last year.
 
I have never had a student in Paulding County Schools but I pay out the wazoo for schools. There is nothing fair about it and the rate is way too high as it is. Let the damn robber baron good ole boys pay the increase.
 
The way I was told to look at school taxes, is that you are paying back your education.

If you are on food stamps and government subsidies, chances are you did not get much of a valuable education. You pay nothing... your landlord bears the brunt.

If you own a home, chances are the educational system gave you a foundation to function as more than an illiterate fool, and you have benefitted from your education and been able to live nicely.

If your parents paid for private school :thumbsup: ... you won the lottery. I have no analogy...:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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We will see our first Paulding county tax bill this year. I've heard that the 10-year land covenant agreement we signed is suppose to help dramatically but I'm still nervous about how much the first bill will be. I was surprised to know we paid less here in West Cobb than our oldest daughter and her family paid in Paulding last year.
 
We will see our first Paulding county tax bill this year. I've heard that the 10-year land covenant agreement we signed is suppose to help dramatically but I'm still nervous about how much the first bill will be. I was surprised to know we paid less here in West Cobb than our oldest daughter and her family paid in Paulding last year.
Bend over. I am zoned A1 and pay out the wazoo on the raw land I own. I pay even more on the house and property it is deeded on.
 
I paid back what it cost to educate me in public schools a long time ago then.
I mean...couldn't have been that much in 40s dollars.


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We will see our first Paulding county tax bill this year. I've heard that the 10-year land covenant agreement we signed is suppose to help dramatically but I'm still nervous about how much the first bill will be. I was surprised to know we paid less here in West Cobb than our oldest daughter and her family paid in Paulding last year.
I was told when I moved to Paulding that Cobb had lower school tax and ad-valorem because Cobb made more off of Cumberland Mall than Paulding got in total. Granted that was in 1987, but the principal is still the same, look at Hwy-41 from the Chattahoochee to Hwy-92,,, solid commercial.
 
I mean...couldn't have been that much in 40s dollars.


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Our desks in elementary school still had the Ink Well hole, be we all had ball points by then. In the sixth grade we all had to get a fountain pen and learn how to use it, which is when we found out what the Ink Well hole was for. Ah, the good old days!
 
Our desks in elementary school still had the Ink Well hole, be we all had ball points by then. In the sixth grade we all had to get a fountain pen and learn how to use it, which is when we found out what the Ink Well hole was for. Ah, the good old days!
I remember when I started the third grade we had those holes. This was my first time attending this small-town school. I asked what the hole was for and all the kids laughed. I guess they thought I was stupid. I had come from a school in Fayetteville, NC that had a more modern desk. And people think things are backward in the south.
 
I remember when I started the third grade we had those holes. This was my first time attending this small-town school. I asked what the hole was for and all the kids laughed. I guess they thought I was stupid. I had come from a school in Fayetteville, NC that had a more modern desk. And people think things are backward in the south.
Yeah, the early grades had the wooden box desks that were shorter, but the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th had the metal tubbed desks that were longer and very tinny, had drain holes in the bottom and a swiveling seat.
 
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