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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How will adjusting boundaries all over the county, as proposed by the BOE, increase this budget shortfall?

Homeowners getting swapped out of certain clusters (Ws, BCC, Sherwood, QO, etc) stand to lose significant property value ($100,000 to $200,000). They certainly aren’t going to continue paying taxes at the same rate.

And homeowners getting swapped into those clusters get a huge windfall.  Will they be forced to immediately pay the higher property tax?[/quote]

The other homes won't go up much, actually, because the overall demand for the housing in the county will decrease because of uncertainty.  It will be a net overall loss of tax revenue for the county.

Also, judging by how Neelesville / Rocky Hill MS intergration was handled, both schools' demographics were evened out.  In other words, it's not that Cabin Branch people are losers because they are now taken to this poorly performing Neelesville MS.  The two worst performing ENTIRE elementaries in Neelsville were actually taken out and diverted to previously well-regarded Rocky Hill instead, making both schools about 35% FARMS if I recall.  Basically , instead of one decent school and one failing school, now there are two failing schools.  Neither will attract buyers.  The county is not looking to take a small sliver of students from a highly achieving school and put them in low achieving school, and vice versa.  They are looking to truly level the schools, swapping significant chunks of student body so that there are no more schools with exemplary achievement; all are equally mediocre.

In other words, there will be losers, but there will not be big winners.[/quote]

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