ColumbusAdvocacy outlet Inkstick reports a school tax break for Anduril of at least $60 million.
Students study in hallways, closets and trailers, and voters twice rejected tax hikes for classrooms.
Ohio lets school boards veto abatements above 75% of school taxes owed, yet this board met at 8 am the next day and approved.
“I believe that the developer should contribute to the schools,” said Valerie Koker, a Teays Valley grandmother.
Voters rejected both requests, $96 million then $74 million, leaving the overcrowding unresolved.
How each outlet framed it
- Inkstick leans critical
- Calculates actual tax abatement ($60M+) against school district's simultaneous $96M capital needs, exposing fiscal contradiction in the deal
Sources: Inkstick