Gordon: County schools roll back millage rate
At a time when it seems the price of everything is going up, the Gordon County Board of Education is giving taxpayers a break in the form of a rollback.
During a special called meeting Tuesday, the board voted to set the 2005 millage rate to meet the 2006 budget at 16.584, which is down .226 mills from last year and almost a full mill over a five-year period.
“I was very pleased to be able to recommend that to the board,” Supt. Mike Stanton said. “This is a credit to the board’s leadership.”
Stanton explained that part of this budget is the result of the board’s foresight.
“When planning the new high school we adjusted the millage rate in anticipation of hiring the new staff,” he said. “But beyond that, all of our schools and departments were very aware of revenue shortfalls in the state of Georgia in the past few years.”
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