By Town Crier Staff Report

The following is the ballot language for the Los Altos School District parcel tax, approved at the district’s board of trustees meeting July 22, as it will appear before voters on the ballot of the Nov. 5 special election, to raise the parcel tax from $264 a year to $597 per year, beginning July 1, 2003.

Ballot Question

To hire, retain teachers, provide competitive teacher salaries, fund school libraries, purchase textbooks, preserve science classes/modern labs, maintain neighborhood schools and small class size, protect junior high electives like music, foriegn language, computer classes, and balance the educational program, shall the Los Altos School District increase its existing parcel tax and annual appropriations limit by $333/parcel beginning July 1, 2003, with independent citizens’ oversight of expenditures and exemptions for parcels owned/occupied by persons 65 years/older?

For more information, logon to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office at www.sccvote.org.