Pay attention to what's going on over there on Mythomania Lane, at the crossroads of Dysfunction and WhatsApp Streets

 Well, while we all wait for the County to approve that $300.5 million Bloated and Out-of-Control $pending School Budget for 2022-23, which comes with a $14.9 million $pending increase or 5.2% - the only reduction we see in the school tax rate of 3-cents ($3.227 down to $3.197) is solely due to the $70 million increase in the Ratables and Not any reduction in $pending. 

Welcome to Hoarders Central.

A School Budget you can't see yet and won't be able to see until their May meeting when they approve it.

Now, not for nothing and like you have any say in these ridiculous School Budgets year after year but you can still see how they've become the Bloated mess that they are in the March 23, 2022 post.

However, in the meantime, you can get a good feel about what goes on over there on Mythomania Lane by looking at the minutes from the March 25, 2022 Budget Planning and Oversight Committee, chaired by Biral Patel along with Committee members  Jerry 'Referen-Dumb' Shi and Brian Rivera.

Seems they reviewed the details of the Preliminary School Budget for 2022-23 for presentation  to the Board at the March 22nd meeting. Details you can't see yet. Unlucky for you.

You can read their minutes below but just a few noteworthy observations. First, they're claiming that additional state aid allows them to come up with a zero tax increase school budget. Well, not for nothing, but we got basically the same state aid increase that we got last year and it was actually a smaller percentage increase than it was last year.

Second, Jerry 'Referen-Dumb' Shi reminds us that the prior year was also a zero percent tax increase. Well, unfortunately while that's true, it continues to be misleading. While the the Fiscal Year School Budget for 2021-22 came with a zero percent school tax increase, we're Not taxed on a Fiscal Year basis but rather a Calendar Year basis and why your tax bills came with 6.1-Cent or 1.9% School tax increase.

Finally, Mr. Patel says the State will allow a $3.0 million reduction in the School tax levy in this School Budget for 2022-23 and suggested they take it out of Capital but the Committee decided to Not give it back to You since there is a zero percent school tax increase.

Well, there you go. That should tell you everything you need to know about being truthful and transparent at Hoarders Central and highlights the ridiculous amount that must be in the Capital amount in this School Budget.

Here's the minutes:

Anyhoo, if you don't think you're getting played again with this $300.5 million School Budget for 2022-23 with a zero percent school tax increase, then wait until they try and convince you that their Plan for $pending $93.5 million in Capital improvements to address the Overcrowding, that bypasses Voter approval, comes with a zero school tax increase. Oh wait, they don't have to convince you - they can vote for it themselves and bypass you completely.