Pike Township School District asks for its first-ever tax referendum for funding

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Taj Simmons is a multimedia journalist who joined WRTV in August 2023.

INDIANAPOLIS — School districts across central Indiana have looked to voters to fund improvements and teacher salaries. Pike Township Schools is the next to leave its budget in the hands of its parents.

Pike Township Schools has never directly asked the voters to pass a referendum before, but superintendent Dr. Larry Young, Jr. said this is the only way to keep up in an extremely competitive education environment. Six school districts across central Indiana put a new or existing tax referendum on the ballot last year: Carmel-Clay, Hamilton Southeastern, Monroe County, Sheridan, Speedway, and Warren Township. Voters approved all six measures.Tax Referendum "I'm really hopeful that we can do this," said Pike High School teacher Melissa Ziegler, who also graduated from Pike High School."If everyone else can do it, then we can do it.

"We need more interpreters, we need more teachers, we need more supplies," Ziegler said."We need everything you can think of."

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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