School District: Air Base Impact Aid Set
Hatboro-Horsham School District officials said its annual disbursement from the federal government in lieu of taxes on Willow Grove air base is ‘guaranteed’ for a few years.
Calling it a “significant victory,” Hatboro-Horsham School District officials shared that for the next few years, administrators will not have to fret about how much – if any – federal aid will be received for Willow Grove air base. Robert Reichert, the district’s director of business affairs, said the district has been working for the last few years to “streamline the funding formula” in order to help stabilize payments. During Tuesday night’s school board meeting, Reichert said the district did just that. For this year, Hatboro-Horsham will receive $1.2 million, he said. For 2014 and 2015, the district is “guaranteed” $635,000 or $640,000 minimum. “We were able to get the past years payments that were due us,” Reichert said of the …
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Mike Shortall
9:23 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Thanks, but no thanks ... No airport exists without growing and growing. Eventually that airport would become so busy, it would push everything else out. And an airport would severely limit what development could take place there. more ›