School looks at $25 million budget; taxes down
This weekend travel down the rabbit hole as two worlds collide in the high school spring play, “The Doctor in Wonderland.” The show will run Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in the R. Wesley Carlson Auditorium at Humboldt High School. Tickets are available in the school office or can be purchased the night of the show. Adults are $7 and students are $5. All seats are general admission with no assigned seating. The show is under the direction of Ashley Garst and Rex Daisy. The Flower Chorus (pictured) includes front: Leah Johnson and Emily Crowley. Back row: Megan Abens, Cassondra Ruzicka, Tia Woeste, Emma Clark, Teisha Sritharan, Aneisha Sritharan, Katie Currier, and Meg Grice. See other play photos in this week's Humboldt Independent.
By Phil Monson
A proposed budget totaling $24,995,915 was set in motion by the Humboldt School Board Monday night (Mar. 19) in the board’s regular monthly meeting.
The board set a public hearing for Monday, April 9, 5:30 p.m., before approving the spending budget for the 2018-19 school year.
The property tax rate per $1,000 of assessed valuation will be $12.21, down from the current rate of $13.24242.
“Next year it will go down about a dollar, but the new formula and decrease will hinder a lot of schools because you can’t really save for the rainy day fund and the state is only going to give schools a one percent growth in new money,” School Superintendent Greg Darling said.
Results from the Iowa Assessment tests for grades 3-11 are in and the Humboldt district scored higher than the state and AEA in most categories.
Tamela Johnson, curriculum director, presented the results at the meeting in the areas of Reading, Mathematics and Science. Johnson and Darling had praise for staff and students.
Pre-school round up
The staff of Mease Elementary would like to extend a Round Up invitation to all children who will be four years old by Sept. 15, and plan on attending preschool at Mease for the 2018-19 school year. Round Up will be held for all in-coming preschool students and their parents at a Come and Go Open House from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27.
Parents or legal guardians are asked bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate and current immunization record for their files to Preschool Open House. The staff will gather this from you when you register your child that evening.
To sign up for Round Up please call the Mease Elementary School office at 515-332-3578 extension 6515 or e-mail the building secre-tary, Michelle Thomas at mthom-as@humboldt.k12.ia.us.
