Southgate school supporters reveled in a victory Tuesday night as voters gave the tiny, independent school district a gift to start the new year: enough money to keep operating.
District school officials had said that, without the 41 percent tax increase, approved in September by the school board, the district would have had to discuss a merger with a neighboring school system.
By a 57 percent margin, voters told the school board they didn't want to see that happen. The vote was 362 to 274 in an election that drew 43 percent of the registered voters.
The new tax rate, which jumped from $5.22 per $1,000 of assessed value to $7.38, will bring in $150,000 a year more for the district's budget, now about $1 million annually. The increase would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $216 more a year in school taxes.
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