Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 156, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 2005 Page: 9 of 14
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
Rates payable in advance:
Cherokee County $18 per year
Outside Cherokee County $21 per year
Outside Texas $25 per year
Call (903) 683-2257
RUSK ISD
Cherokeean
HERALD
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Wednesday, August 17,2005
Rusk ISD
adds new
teachers to
faculty
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The only new staff addition at
Rusk Primary School is Trina
Barron of Gushing.
Rusk Junior
High School
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Eight new
teachers at
Rusk Junior
High include
(from left)
George Black-
mon, Tera Col-
lins, Patty Har-
rison, Shonda
Rogers, Terri
Garner, Denice
Thompson,
Debbie Lewis,
Katy McCaw.
PHOTOS: LAUREN
GONZALEZ
Rusk Intermediate School
Rusk High School
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New faculty members at Rusk Intermediate School include (back row from left): Crystal
Jones, Katy Ansley, Shinnitta Foreman and Lisa Bixler. Front row, same order are Carol Joining the staff at Rusk High School are (from left) Lynn Ward, Randy Bruton, Martha
Biven, Marilyn Mize and Paula Low. Not pictured is Patsy Whitaker. Blackmon, Karey Smith, Jamie Hays and David Renfroe.
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50-280
(Rev. 4-00/1)
The
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS
BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE
Wells Independent School District
wii
hold a public
meeting at _
6:30 PM-August 30, 2005
_in_
Wells ISD Distance Learning Lab
on the High School Campus
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the
school district's budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public participation
in the discussion is invited.
The tax rate that is ultimately adopted at this meeting or at a separate meeting at a later date may not exceed the proposed
rate shown below unless the district publishes a revised notice containing the same information and comparisons set out
below and holds another public meeting to discuss the revised notice.
Comparison of Proposed Rates with Last Year's Rates
Last Year's Rate
Rate to Maintain Same
Level of Maintenance &
Operations Revenue &
Pay Debt Service
Proposed Rate
Maintenance
& Operations
$1.500000
$1.282819
$1.500000
Interest
& Sinking Fund*
Total
Local Revenue
Per Student
State Revenue
Per Student
$0.000000* $1.500000 $ 1,440.00 $5,174.00
$ 0.000000'
$0.000000*
$1.282819
$1.500000
$ 1,286.00
$ 1,570.00
$ 5,328.00
$5,326.00
* The Interest & Sinking Fund tax revenue is used to pay for bonded indebtedness on construction, equipment, or both.
The bonds, and the tax rate necessary to pay those bonds, were approved by the voters of this district.
Comparison of Proposed Lew with Last Year's Lew on Average Residence
Last Year This Year
$ 31,950 $ 36,633
$ 16,950
$ 1.500000
Average Market Value of Residences
Average Taxable Value of Residences
Last Year's Rate Versus Proposed Rate per $100 Value
Taxes Due on Average Residence
Increase (Decrease) in Taxes
$ 254.25
$ 19,506
$ 1.500000
$ 292.59
$ 38.34
Under state law, the dollar amount of school taxes imposed on the residence homestead of a person 65 years
of age or older or of the surviving spouse of such a person, if the surviving spouse was 55 years of age or older
when the person died, may not be increased above the amount paid in the first year after the person turned
65, regardless of changes in tax rate or property value.
Notice of Rollback Rate: The highest tax rate the district can adopt before requiring voter approval at an
election is $1.525451 . This election will be automatically held if the district adopts a rate
in excess of the rollback rate of
$1.525451
Fund Balances
The following estimated balances will remain at the end of the current fiscal year and are not encumbered with
or by a corresponding debt obligation, less estimated funds necessary for operating the district before receipt
of the first state aid payment. Maintenance and Operations Fund Balance(s) $ 550,000
Interest & Sinking Fund Balance(s) $ -|Q 100
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Whitehead, Marie. Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 156, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 2005, newspaper, August 17, 2005; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152692/m1/9/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.