Northville Schools Get Better Technology Without Raising Taxes
Improvements include new PCs, interactive white boards and replacing some of the school buses.
A technology bond, approved by voters in the Northville Public Schools district in November, will start to make improvements to the schools' technology plan this spring. The bond will be issued in two series, the first at $16.27 million will start this year and the second at $4.6 million will start in 2017. Improvements through the series will support the schools' technology plan for at least the next 12 years. Despite the millions of dollars that will be invested, residents' taxes will not change from last year. The millage rate will stay the same, said Mike Zopf, assistant superintendent for finance and operations for Northville Public Schools. Residents currently pay about 4.3 mills and will continue to pay that much, he said. Zopf …
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Patrick J Oneil
3:56 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Ray, before you post you should really understand school funding. Northville gets $8019 per pupil Novi gets $10979 per pupil. By any definition that is a huge disparity. Novi's secondary class sizes are dramatically smaller than Northville's, and class size, along with parental involvement, are the most important predictors of student success. Northville is a great district BUT with high school … more ›