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The Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education and staff are striving to wrap up the proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
In February, District Director of Financial Services Brandon Hansel, presented the board with the initial budget proposal, which included a decreased property tax levy rate of $16.21, which was a 29-cent decrease from the previous year.
“That’s great news, certainly welcome news to us as a school district, any time we can provide relief to our faithful taxpayers,” Hansel said.
As the budget continues to be ironed out, the proposed levy rate has gone down another cent.
-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Fort Dodge Middle School students pose with a prop they used to make a public service announcement about the risks of vaping. The video earned second place in the Lights…Camera…Prevention! contest through Iowa State University. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Jamarria Davis, 14, a seventh-grader at Fort Dodge Middle School, writes that she wished she would have listened to her parents on the white board at the school. “I wish” was the theme of a public service announcement video about the risks of vaping. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Joscelyn Kahler, 13, a seventh-grader at Fort Dodge Middle School, writes that she wishes she wouldn’t have pressured her friends to vape. “I wish” was a theme that she and a small group of students used for a public service announcement video. The video warns against the risks of vaping.