The budget gap rose by about $2.5 million recently after delays in the opening of two new schools at the sites of the James Buchanan and Ralph Waldo Emerson elementary schools. ![]() The increase would bring the district about $1.8 million, or roughly $372,000 per mill, according to John Steffy, the district’s business manager. The proposed 4.84-mill tax hike would bring the total millage rate to 206.6446, and the tax bill for a home assessed at the district average up to $3,637. Under the $134.4 million preliminary spending plan approved Tuesday, the owner of a property assessed at the township average of $17,600 would see the school tax bill go up about $85 next year. The Bristol Township School District will likely use a 2.4 percent tax increase, cuts and money from savings to fill a nearly $4.8 million gap in the 2015-16 school year budget.
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