School Board Reviews Budgets, Permissive Mill Levies Impacted by Drop in Property Valuations

At the August 19th meeting of the Whitehall School Board, held in the school library, the board reviewed financial statements and approved budgets for both the elementary and high school districts for the 2025–26 school year. A key topic of discussion was the impact of declining taxable property values on local mill levies.

For the first time in over a decade, the taxable valuation for Whitehall schools dropped - the opposite of residential property taxes. Superintendent Hannah Nieskens showed the elementary district’s taxable valuation decreased from just over $10.6 million last year to appro...