After speaking at the city council meeting on the importance of kindergarten readiness, Southgate Independent School Superintendent Greg Duty announced he wanted to also take the opportunity to thank and honor a city council member with a special PRIDE award. He explained the acronym PRIDE stands for Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence. “I’m proud of […]
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Southgate approves Read Ready program
Southgate has joined other river cities in adopting a Read Ready program designed to promote literacy and kindergarten readiness for children throughout the city. Community members packed the city council meeting on Wednesday night to show support for a resolution to create the program, part of an initiative supported by EducateNKY. Led by the city, […]
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Southgate recallable nickel tax to go into effect this year
Last year the Southgate Independent School Board approved enforcing a new recallable nickel tax to increase their bonding capacity for facility updates. However, the tax did not go into effect last tax cycle. Instead, the school board voted to push it back to Fiscal Year 2023-2024, which will go into effect this year. The city […]
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Southgate schools withdraws nickel tax; city suggests residents ‘let your voices be heard’
In November, Southgate Independent Schools Superintendent Greg Duty reported to the Southgate City Council that the school board had passed a recallable nickel tax. But that request has been withdrawn, according to a Tuesday Facebook post from the city of Southgate. “Southgate Independent School has notified the city and city council that they withdrew their request to […]
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Southgate Independent School District passes recallable nickel tax
The Southgate Independent School board passed a motion to enforce a new recallable nickel tax in an effort to increase their bonding capacity for facility updates. The board set the new tax of .057 cents per $100, or $57 for every $100,000 in property evaluation to be eligible for “urgent need” money from the state. […]