Are you frickin' kidding me? UPDATED 2X

I just checked the Mt. Lebanon School District Budget website. Weren't the school board directors talking about a .55 mill increase at the most? Nooooo! They are talking about a mill and a half increase!!!!!!!

The Board discussed using a combination of cost reductions, increased revenues and use of fund balance to balance the budget. After much discussion, the consensus of the Board was to look at the use of $500,000-$1 million in fund balance and a millage increase of approximately a mill and a half. (Saved in Google Docs)

A MLSD 1.0 mill is equivalent to about $2.6 million.  0.55 mills = about $1.43 million. 1.50 mills = about $3.9 million.

Last year at this time, the school board hosted a School District Budget Forum on April 2, 2013. You may remember that is when Elaine Cappucci was rude to Bill Matthews and me. Jo Posti called me a liar. See:

No way! UPDATED 2x
As promised, more on the budget forum Bill Matthews' presentation
I had it right, Josephine.

So while the Municipality is appealing assessments, the School District is secretly pulling a fast one while they talk about fake budgets. No school district budget forums this year. Welcome to Mt. Lebanon!

Update March 30, 2014 12:40 PM The website has been updated to read:
The Board discussed using a combination of cost reductions, increased revenues and use of fund balance to balance the budget.  After much discussion, the consensus of the Board was to look at the use of $500,000-$1 million in fund balance and a millage increase of approximately half a mill.

Oops. It was just another typo by our highly paid Director of Communications. A mill and a half vs. half a mill. What's the difference? Same same. I never heard back from any school board director.

Preliminary budget shows 1 mill tax increase

The School District has posted the 2014-15 Preliminary General Fund Budget, a.k.a. The Fake Budget. From the January 13, 2014 Agenda:

Preliminary Budget - Act 1 of 2006 requires the Board approve a preliminary budget at this time of year so that application may be made for any applicable exceptions to the Index which is 2.1% for 2014-15. Such a budget has been available for public view on our website since December 18, 2013 and is presented in the required State form for Board approval. While this budget reflects a millage increase high enough so that all applicable exceptions may be requested, the Final Budget approved in proposed form in April and in final form in May does not require the millage reflected in this preliminary form. The superintendent recommends approval of this legally required budget.

The fake budget is showing a .99 millage increase. The fake budget will be adopted at the January 20, 2014 school board business meeting.