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Measure P
To attract and retain highly qualified teachers and
educational support staff and continue funding advanced academic programs,
shall Piedmont Unified School District’s measure renewing the school parcel tax
for 8 years be adopted at the rate of 50 cents per square foot of building
improvements, providing 5 million dollars in annual school funding, with
independent citizen oversight and all money locally controlled
Vote Required: 2/3
SCORE: 3.4
Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because of the extraneous verbiage designed to influence a Yes vote such as “all money locally controlled”. But the more serious concern was the failure to inform voters that there was an existing parcel tax in place. Calling the proposed new tax a “renewal” is deceptive because the existing tax is 25 cents a square foot, while the new tax is 50 cents a square foot. The doubling of the rate and the resulting cost to taxpayers was not disclosed.
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