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Wednesday, October 25, 1989, The Colony Leader 5A
World shapers
Peters Colony Elementary third grade stu- class, last week. The social studies project
dents Sarah Olive, Craig Hayes and Jennifer was coordinated with the computer study of
Lany of Barbara Humphrey made globes in grids by the students.
PTA Council to battle LISD rollback
By BEVERLY MARTINDALE most definitely can support a par- has about 30 volunteers circulating
Staff writer ticular side of a given issue, said petitions.
PTA Council President Kristie On Nov. 7, Berka said, the PAC
The PTA Council of the Lewisville Steed. , should have volunteers at all the poll-
school district voted last week to The PTA Council’s competition ing places within the school district,
actively involve itself in discouraging has been organized or in the process Those volunteers will be asking for
taxpayers from signing school tax of becoming organized for about a signatures.
rollback petitions. month. “We’ve got two things going for us
For school tax rollback propo- The Lewisville school board pas- — the Denton County rollback elec-
nents and school board supporters, sed a nearly 20 percent tax increase tion and the fact that tax bills are
Nov. 7 is an important day. Among Aug. 29. According to state law, any going out now,” Berka said. “That’s
other issues, taxpayers in Denton maintenance and operations tax in- going to stir things up.”
County will decide whether to roll crease of more than 8 percent is Homeowners in North Carrollton
back 1986-87 county property subject to a voter-initiated rollback, are also circulating petitions.
taxes. At the same time, petitions Rollback proponents have until School officials said the high tax
for an LISD tax rollback will be circu- Nov. 26 to gather signatures from 10 increase was necessary to offset re-
lated and posters in support of the percent of the school district’s reg- duced state funding, increasingly ex-
LISD will be displayed. istered voters. According to the De- pensive state mandates, a decline in
nton County Clerk’s Office, there property values and the start-up
The PTA Council voted Tuesday are 58,565 registered voters in the costs involved with opening four
to have the posters made. The school district. new campuses this fall.
group of PTA presidents said they Rollback petitions have been cir-
hope businesses will help under- culating for about a month. Bill Ber- If a rollback election is successful,
write some of the costs of the post- ka, treasurer of a political action the school district will face a budget
__ers and other publicity, committee formed to petition the shortfall of between $12 million and
Although the PTA is prohibited Lewisville school district for a tax $15 million in 1990-91, school offi-
from backing a political candidate, it rollback, said Tuesday that his PAC cials say.
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Ball, Jeffrey. The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1989, newspaper, October 25, 1989; The Colony, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1666616/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Colony Public Library.