Parma City Schools:
Committed to Fiscal Responsibility and Quality Education
Hello! We hope that you and your family have navigated all of our cold and snow days and are looking forward to the longer thaw that spring inevitably brings! As we approach Election Day, we want to continue to arm you with facts and figures that support the notion that we are fiscally responsible. We are grateful for your work to share this with your friends and neighbors! We invite you to consider the following:
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We spend our money on instruction. Specifically, 73.6% of every dollar spent goes directly into our classrooms to provide quality instruction and student support. This percentage ranks us fourth in a comparison group of 43 similar sized districts. (Source: https://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/district/finance/044636)
We depend on local property taxes for our expenses. Despite much effort to reduce the reliance of schools on local property tax payers, only 23% of our funding comes from the state of Ohio. Our district battles inflation in the same manner that all of us do in our private lives; our state does not seem inclined to assist us in this endeavor at this time.
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Our district’s tax rates are very near, or below, the median figures in Cuyahoga County. Effective tax rates are expressed in dollars and cents on each one thousand dollars of tax value. The effective tax rates of each of our communities are:
Quality public education requires commitment from all of us. We are grateful for all of your efforts to engage in spreading facts and figures throughout our communities!
Charlie
Superintendent
