These figures are taken from
a speech given by Mayor William Johnson of Rochester, sponsored
by the League of Women Voters of Buffalo/Niagara, at theHyatt-Regency
Hotel, Buffalo, New York on September 6, 2000. His speech footnotes
attribute the information to the New York State Department of
Education.
Sprawl is also one factor in the general increase in suburban school taxes. In a Buffalo News article
by Patrick Lakamp of Februrary 27, 2002, "Rise in school taxes called unacceptable," we find the
following information:
Tax collections went up 79 percent in Erie County's 27 suburban school districts during the
1990s, more than twice the inflation rate, Giambra said, citing a Public Policy Institute study.
Yet the number of students increased by only 8 percent.
"This trend is unsustainable and unacceptable," Giambra said.