CUSD will put $175 parcel tax on June ballot

UPDATED: The CUSD board’s parcel tax resolution [PDF] can now be downloaded from Coastsider.

The Cabrillo Unified School District board of directors voted unanimously Monday night to place a $175 parcel tax on the June primary ballot.

The tax would apply to improved parcels.  Unimproved parcels would be taxed $30. Parcels whose owners are 65 and older would be able to apply annually for an exemption. There are about 8,000 improved and 4,000 unimproved parcels in the district.

According to the ballot measure, the goals of the tax are:

• A "highly qualified and well-trained teaching staff"
• Small classes in kindergarten through third grade
• Lower class sizes in middle school
• Increased range of academic programs a Half Moon Bay High School, including honors classes, science, math, and technology courses, literacy programs and
• Increased staff development time.

Transportation, which was discussed at Thursday’s meeting, is not included in the final version of the measure.