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District to make case for excess mill levy
Rugby Public Schools Superintendent Mike McNeff discussed the proposed excess mill levy in an interview with The Pierce County Tribune, which will be go before voters in a special election on Oct. 14. McNeff said since the board moved forward with the proposed mill levy, the district has been gearing up to engage with and educate the public on the reasoning behind the proposed excess mill levy, which he is said is largely being brought on by declining enrollment, spikes in the district’s health insurance costs and exacerbated by recent legislation that instituted budget caps. “When you have a decline in enrollment, which is going on across the state when you look at it, we’re all struggling. The legislature will say we got 2.5%, and that gets gobbled up quickly when you’re losing kids,” McNeff said. “The messaging is hard to get people to understand, everything is ...
