An article that ran in our February 22nd issue titled Shepherd School moves on bond levy stated that the bond levy would result in a tax increase of ten times per month for residents of the Shepherd and Pioneer School Districts. We apologize for the misprint. The actual increase is estimated to be 21 percent in the Shepherd district and 11.5 percent in the Pioneer district as is demonstrated in the tax estimations provided by two local residents of the district. We thank our readers for their continued feedback.
Anonymous current Tax Assesment in Shepherd:
$362,000 which they are currently paying $273.80/month in combined taxes. After this Bond passes and they have the wraparound affect, their taxes will increase to $347.25/month. That’s just over $73/month which is an increase of 21% in their monthly taxes. No where close to ten times our monthly taxes…
Rental House: Tax assesment of $154,500 they are currently paying $119.18/month. After the bill passes, that will rise to $150.53/month which is an increase of $31.35 a month or a 21% increase.
Anonymous current Tax Assesment Pioneer District:
$351,500 which they are currently paying $241.67/month in taxes which will increase to $272.87/month which is an increase of $31.20 a month, or 11.5% increase.
