Re: Dan O’Sullivan letter, “Time to junk school tax break for Cobb seniors?”
In the difficult economy we are now in, many of the population ages 62 and over are paying school tax on their deceased parents’ property, which is impossible to sell at this time.
Maybe with the diverse population we now have, we may need to get with our congressman to change some legislation to create new avenues to collect more school taxes. Example: Any parent with a child enrolled in the public school system on Jan. 1 of each year that do not own property would be required to pay a certain dollar amount of school tax according to the number of children they have enrolled. It could be at a reduced rate than property owners pay and each additional child would be charged at a lower rate than the flat rate. I believe the number of students enrolled in our schools whose parents are not paying taxes other than the rent to their landlord have exceeded the ratio for the revenue the landlords and homeowners are now paying to support our schools. If this category of people paid some, it would help with amount of revenue we now have.
I do not feel the 62 and over seniors should not be burdened with more taxes with the financial situation that now exists in economy.
I would suggest those who are 62 and over who feel an obligation to pay school tax should not get the tax break and their contribution should be accepted.
D.N. McPherson
Marietta
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Everyone but you knows what he means. Nitpicker!!!
gheezzzzzz wonder which night school he graduated from?
So what is the solution??
It is obvious to me that as the county grew, it had years in which the coffers of the school district had extra money to build bigger and better(?) schools.
The chickens have come home to roost. The inevitable shortfall has happened. Now, the parents of this generation's school children will have to learn to live within their budget.
I mean no insult to anyone, it is just the cycle of economics has caught up with us. Boom years are usually followed by bust years.
A thing that really bothers me is that many in the district feel that growth will alleviate the problem- it will not. It amplifies the problem.
Also the school district, by law, must accept students even if the -y are not in our country legally. One estimate is that Cobb has 14,000 young people who are "undocumented". The federal government should be obliged to pay the costs of those students since it is federal law that dictates that Cobb must accept them.
If Cobb is already being recompensed by the federal government, then their fiscal management of the school district is sorely wanting.
Those who use the school system should be most responsible for picking up the tab of paying for it.