Columbia School District to get 2.4% increase in state funding

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Columbia Borough School District will receive an increase of a $164,500 over last year as part of a $100 million increase in state education funding.
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Anonymous said…
Does that mean our taxes will drop out of the 2.9%??
July 4, 2017 at 12:32 PM
Anonymous said…
Are you kidding. What a way to ruin the 4th. Opened up mail yesterday, saw the horror, the tax notices.
July 4, 2017 at 3:42 PM
Anonymous said…
whoopy doo....CONSOLIDATE. NOW.
July 4, 2017 at 4:14 PM
Anonymous said…
To Cole Umber: Could you please re post the email addresses of Elanco Board members? This is a critical time for them to be contacted by those of us who want this work agreement, where Strickler is in charge, to end.
July 5, 2017 at 2:43 PM
Joe Lintner said…
Here are the email addresses as of August 24, 2016:

glenn_yoder@elanco.org (president)
jonathan_dahl@elanco.org
paul_irvin@elanco.org
rodney_jones@elanco.org (vice president)
dina_maio@elanco.org
bryan_naranjo@elanco.org
melissa_readman@elanco.org
thomas_wentzel@elanco.org
jennifer_zeiset@elanco.org

ELANCO (and Columbia) superintendent:
robert_hollister@elanco.org

ELANCO chief of finance and operations:
keith_ramsey@elanco.org
July 5, 2017 at 8:44 PM
Anonymous said…
Thank you!!!
July 5, 2017 at 9:47 PM
Anonymous said…
Tom Strickler deserves a salary increase, now the school board (puppets) can vote to give him one.
July 6, 2017 at 11:08 PM
Anonymous said…
CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOLS NOW......WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. SELLING OUR HOMES-IF NOT LOSING THEM. NOT SURE WHAT YOU PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. CLOSE THE SCHOOLS. CONSOLIDATE. IT SHOULD BE ON THE BALLOT.
July 8, 2017 at 9:17 AM
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