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@Maxwell and @Michael2012: To find the tax breakdown between the city and schools look no futher than your property tax bill.

Schools get approximately 53% of taxes. The city 47%. Over the last 4 out of 5 years school budget has been level funded. That means 100% of the tax increase has gone to the city side of the budget.

Do schools need to continue to cut costs and consolidate - absolutely. But stop giving Mayor Avedisian and the city council and the unions a pass.

Employee benefits, pensions and life time healthcare costs are driving up taxes in the city and its going to get worse as time goes on.

Have are real facts based on official city budget documents concerning city and school spending:

• Since 2007 local tax dollars to support the Warwick school budget has increased only $5.5 million or 4.9 percent overall, while the city budget has increased by $33.7 million or 52.8 percent overall

• Total school spending remains below 2008 level, while city spending continues to increase to record levels each year.

• The total percentage of local tax dollars allocated to schools has been reduced 14 percent even though schools employ more employees. The city allocation has increased 25 percent.

• Continued property tax increases in the City of Warwick can be directly attribute to city spending, not schools.

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