ELKHART — There's a difference between Concord schools' referendum and the referenda proposed by two other local school districts.
Goshen schools asked its community to vote for building improvements, and won that support in November's election. Elkhart schools will ask its community to vote for safety updates, building repairs, and a major change to transportation.
But Concord needs the money just to survive.
“If it (the referendum) does not pass, it will be catastrophic,” school board president Randall Myers said during a board meeting Monday night, Jan. 13. “It will be Concord as we have never seen it before.”
The school has proposed asking for an additional tax levy of up to $0.405 for every $100 of assessed property value. Concord superintendent Wayne Stubbs gave numbers on Monday reflecting typical homestead and mortgage deductions, and estimated that a home worth $100,000 would be taxed about $132 more each year if the referendum were approved.
The school board voted to put the general fund operating referendum on the ballot in May, but not before four people from the audience gave their thoughts.
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