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Phoenixville School Board OKs $83.2M Budget

The budget would mean a 3.89 percent tax increase.

The Phoenixville Area School Board has approved a preliminary budget. 

The board voted, 6-1, at its Feb. 18 meeting to approve an $83,232,933 preliminary budget, The Mercury reported

The budget would mean a shortfall of about $500,000, which would lead to a 3.89 percent tax increase, The Mercury said.

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For a median-value home in the district, one of $133,540, that would mean a tax increase of $148.22 for next year, The Mercury said.

See the full Mercury story here.

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