BETHLEHEM -- Voters on Wednesday approved a $38.7 million school budget for 1996-97 that will increase tax bills 4.6 percent.
The budget passed by 1,933 to 1,360.
In Bethlehem, the new rate will be $17.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, a 77 cent increase. In the district's New Scotland portion, taxes will increase by $2.29 to $19.09 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The rate differs because the state recently readjusted the town's equalization ratio.
Three positions on the seven-member Board of Education were also filled. Elected to the three-year posts were President Pamela Williams, now in her third term; Happy Scherer, serving her first term; …
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