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A sign recognizes the garden’s certification by the NWF. It will be set up in the fall when the students return and the garden is in full bloom. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
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MADISON HEIGHTS — A millage renewal proposal for the Madison District Public Schools will be on the ballot Aug. 6, but officials say it will not affect the taxes paid by residents. They said the proposal is a routine adjustment that the school district makes to offset automatic millage rollbacks caused by the Headlee Amendment. Per recommendations by the state, the measure will allow the district to levy the statutory rate of up to 18 mills on all property, except principal residences. For the Madison schools, this would mean levying an additional 2 mills to reach the full statutory amount of 18 mills on nonhomestead properties. The school district collects $1 for every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value, multiplied by the millage rate. “This is just a normal, annual renewal that does not affect homeowners and their properties,” said Mark Kimble, a trustee of the Madison District Public Schools Board of Education. “This is no higher than the millage rate that has been paid in the past. It’s just a renewal.” Kimble added that the measure serves as an override on
Garden at Page Middle School declared ‘Certified Wildlife Habitat’ BY ANDY KOZLOWSKI akozlowski@candgnews.com
MADISON HEIGHTS — What began as a small gardening club at John Page Middle School in the Lamphere Public Schools district has grown into something more, with one project receiving acclaim from the country’s largest wildlife conserva-
tion group. Rachel Harwell, a science teacher at Page who leads the Ecology Club, said she was approached last winter by school administrators who had been contacted by Nickole Fox, a parent who has a child at Page and serves on the city’s Environmental Citizens See GARDEN on page 2A
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