Your schools or your property

Your schools or your property

Local school divisions in the Richmond region are feeling like a rattlesnake bit them twice.

First, Tim Kaine cut state money for K-12 education by $83.3 mllion for eight Richmond area localities in the budget year that begins on July 1. Ouch! Then, Bob McDonnell discarded his predecessor’s one-year shield from changes in the state formula for distributing school money—another $17.6 million bite for seven of the localities. Double-ouch!