{"id":1639,"date":"2016-11-07T15:55:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T20:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2016-11-07T15:55:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T20:55:49","slug":"1639","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/2016\/11\/07\/1639\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Wayne County Regional Enhancement Education Millage Proposal<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8<sup>th<\/sup> ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the \u201cRegional Enhancement Millage Proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/He8P0xBzeGg?feature=oembed\" width=\"1106\" height=\"830\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.\u00a0 Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.\u00a0<span id=\"more-2460\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The proposal would cost a homeowner with a home value of $150,000 (Taxable value of $75,000) about $15 per month.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Education and Administration have discussed possible uses for the funds which could include items such as: recruitment and retention of staff, maintenance of district buildings, technology, improve school programs, and supporting classroom and instructional needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Important Facts to Consider \u2013 Wayne County Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Percentage of students living in poverty in Wayne County is 43% vs.17% statewide. (In Dearborn, almost 70% of our students are receiving Free and Reduced Lunch).<\/p>\n<p>English Language Learner Students: 2010 \u2013 20,766, 2015 \u2013 30,087 (ELL students in Dearborn number around 10,000; that is 1\/3 of the ELL students in the county.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information go to \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resa.net\/millage\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.resa.net\/millage\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1478555515048000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFirK08DExfsfv8SDZf4Zghy6q5Pg\"><strong>resa.net\/millage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne County Regional Enhancement Education Millage Proposal &nbsp; School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the \u201cRegional Enhancement Millage Proposal.\u201d If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/2016\/11\/07\/1639\/\">Continue reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1236,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/pesci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}