District 66 is urging voters to support a property tax increase after years of low tax assessments and problematic budgeting practices have thrown the suburban DuPage County district into crisis.
Center Cass School District 66 runners support 6th grader Heather Prim, center, as she finishes the 5K cross country race at Ide’s Grove West Park in Woodridge on Sept. 23, 2022. The school district has slashed all of its extra-curricular activities, including cross country, due to budget cuts.
Sixth grader Heather Prim receives a high-five after finishing a 5K cross-country race at Ide’s Grove West Park in Woodridge on Sept. 23, 2022. Center Cass School District 66 district has slashed all of its extracurricular activities, including cross-country, because of budget cuts. Parents volunteers organized a race to support the children following the cancellation of the cross-county events.
Unlike in Cook County, where districts receive their property tax revenues during the early part of the school year when the funds are meant to be used, districts in DuPage County receive money in late May or early June for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The school district has hired new auditors, cut $2 million from its budget over the past two years and issued tax anticipation warrants to cover payroll, “which is a fancy way of saying payday loans,” Esposito said.
“It was a perfect storm, and if it had been noticed earlier, we would have alerted people earlier,” Wise said. For a home valued at $300,000, a resident could expect an increase of about $377 a year, or $31 a month, officials said.If the referendum fails in November, officials said, the district will face deeper cuts for the 2023-24 school year, including the potential cuts of eight additional teaching staff members, closing school libraries, removing curricula that aren’t mandated by the state — such as art, music, band and foreign languages — and further halting of bus routes.
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