CACHE COUNTY – Concerned residents of Cache County are organizing in opposition to a proposed 27.8 percent hike in school taxes being proposed by members of the Board of Education of the Cache School District.

In an Aug. 13 social media post, local resident Michael Yap urged concerned county residents to turn out for a tax increase hearing to be held at the Cache School District headquarters in North Logan at 6 p.m. on Aug. 28.

The proposed tax hike would result in a revenue boost of $6,242,500 for the county school district, according to a recent property evaluation and tax change notice by the county's auditor. The amount of the district tax increase on a typical home with a market value of about $450,000 would be about $130 annually.

The Cache School District educates about 20,000 st

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