District 207 abates nearly $1.5 million
Maine Township High School District 207 is abating $1,478,562 to taxpayers from tax proceeds collected in 2013.
The decision this month by the board of education follows a $1 million abatement on last year’s property tax levy.
Mary Kalou, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, said in a statement that the district favors abating property taxes to reducing the original levy because this approach preserves the district’s ability to levy an amount that would help offset any future reduction of state assistance or a pension cost shift to local districts.
“We believe our financial management and cost-containment efforts have put us in a position that we can make this tax abatement without compromising the quality of our education,” Superintendent Ken Wallace added.