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Wake assessing property tax idea
Frequent reappraisals would be more fair and ease the 'sticker shock' of eight-year leaps, officials say.
In bonds, bigger might be better
Some Wake school board members see a paradox in the results of the latest poll.
Poll finds school bonds a bitter pill
Most Wake County voters oppose property tax increases, impact fees and other options to raise money for new schools, dismaying some officials.
Impact fees weighed in Wake
The debate heats up over how to pay for schools: a levy on new homes or a property tax increase.
Wake panel pitches schools plan
A committee on school growth recommended Tuesday that the county's property tax rate be raised 10 cents to pay for school construction.
In booming Vegas, year-round rules
Part 1 of 3: Swamped by more than double the growth of Wake County, Clark County officials gave up on the idea of traditional calendar schools for everyone almost seven years ago. Here, year-round is mandatory for elementary schools and schools go up fast.
Bigger schools, fewer transfers
Part 2 of 3: As Wake leaders wrestle with ways to pay for more schools, The N&O visits other fast-growing areas. Gwinnett County in Georgia uses sales taxes and builds larger schools.
Orlando schools rise before homes
Part 3 of 3 As Wake leaders wrestle with ways to pay for more schools, The N&O visits other fast-growing areas. Orlando uses sales taxes and impact fees to build schools ahead of the boom.
- Photo Gallery: Orange County, Fla.
- Transcript of N&O Live session with reporter Cindy George on the School Crunch series
- Transcript of N&O Live session with reporter Tim Simmons on the School Crunch series
- Orange County, Fla., Schools: Overview of the district profile (PDF)
- Comparison of school systems in Wake County and Orange County (Fla.)
- Tackling growth
- Map of Orange County, Fla.
- More about this series
