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Heads up, taxpayers and parents: We’ve audited the upcoming DELL CITY ISD agenda. There are 3 items targeting parental consent and taxpayer funds that need your immediate attention before the gavel falls.
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Tax Rate Vote Lacks Key Information for Taxpayers
The board is scheduled to adopt a new property tax rate of $0.65660. However, the agenda fails to provide the ‘no-new-revenue’ rate, which is the rate that would raise the same amount of money as last year. Without this comparison, taxpayers cannot know if this new rate is a genuine cut or a stealth tax increase driven by rising property values.
Response
DEMAND THE DETAILS: Contact the Dell City ISD administration before the meeting. Ask them to publicly post the no-new-revenue rate and the voter-approval rate alongside the proposed rate. Taxpayers deserve to know the full financial impact before the board votes on Item IX.C.
💰 Impact: Potential tax increase masked by incomplete data.
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Vote on Student Handbooks and Code of Conduct with No Public Review
The board plans to approve the 2026-27 Student and Employee Handbooks, as well as the Student Code of Conduct, without attaching the documents to the public agenda. These documents contain critical policies on student discipline, parental rights, and employee conduct. Voting on them without allowing parents and taxpayers to review the contents beforehand is a failure of transparency.
Response
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the Dell City ISD administration and ask that Items IX.A and IX.B be postponed until the full text of the handbooks and codes of conduct are posted for public review. A vote should not happen on secret documents.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed policy changes affecting parental rights and student discipline.
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Secret Appointment to County Appraisal District Board
The school board is set to appoint a representative to the Hudspeth County Appraisal District Board, a body with significant influence over property valuations and tax bills. The agenda does not name the proposed appointee, preventing any public scrutiny of the candidate’s qualifications or philosophy on property rights before the vote.
Response
DEMAND A NAME: Contact the Dell City ISD administration and demand they publicly name the nominee for the Appraisal District Board (Item IX.D) before the meeting, so the public can vet the candidate who will represent them.
💰 Impact: An unaccountable appointee could lead to higher property appraisals for homeowners.
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