Peters Twp School Board Approves Preliminary Budget

The Peters Township School Board met and approved the preliminary budget for the 2022-2023 school year. Next year’s spending plan comes in at $76,954,523 and will be attained by instituting a .49 mill tax increase on Peters Township residents. Brad Rau, Business Manager for the district indicates that the average home in the district assessed at $300,000 will see an increase in taxes of $147. Rau states that this is the final tax increase in a series of increases that were approved to build the new high school and renovate the middle school. Rau stated that the district always intended to levy the highest increase allowed by law for this increase. He indicated that some pandemic related costs are being carried over into this budget and unforeseen costs such as fuel and energy are also being addressed. Rau said it is too early to tell if any of the latent pandemic costs and projected energy costs will necessitate a tax increase next year.