Upper St. Clair School District Hiking Property Taxes

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - Upper St. Clair property taxes will increase by 2.8 percent in the 2018-19 budget school directors are expected to adopt next month. The 0.7043-mill hike will raise the tax rate to 25.86 mills.

What does that mean for taxpayers? In a median-valued home of $223,950 in Upper St. Clair, taxes would rise $157.73 or $13.14 a month.

Nearly, half of the proposed millage increase – 0.319 mills – will pay for the ambitious capital construction plan that began in the spring. The projects include a new 8-lane pool; a multi-use complex adjacent to the high school stadium and the completion of Boyce athletic field facilities. Construction will be completed in August 2019.

Other capital improvement projects include tile floor replacement in the gymnasiums at Baker and Streams elementary schools; security camera installation at Fort Couch Middle School; replacement of two gas kilns with electric kilns at the high school; and various maintenance items throughout the district.

“This budget includes personnel increases in school safety and security as well as student support services,” superintendent Patrick T. O’Toole said in a release. “It also budgets for additional elementary classroom teachers in order to maintain effective class sizes and we continue to invest in curriculum updates and instructional technology.”

School directors are expected to adopt the final budget on June 20.

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