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For the sake clarification of Robbie's comment, which is so far off base in his claim that 85% of the budget is allocated to schools, here are the facts on the pecent of budget revenue allocated to the city and school budget.
Based on the 2013 fiscal budget, the amount of local tax dollars allocated to:
City Budget is $97.7 million or 45.1% and School Budge is $118.6 million or 54.9%
In 2007 local tax dollars allocated to City Budget was $63.9 million or 36.1% and School Budget was $113.1 million or 63.9%.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
* 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.
* Continued property tax increases in the City of Warwick can be directly attribute to city spending, not schools.
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