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TAXED TO THE MAX IN DUPLIN COUNTY <br /> In Duplin County, which ranked 92nd out of 100 counties increased due to changes in student enrollment, the <br /> in terms of its fiscal capacity to support public schools, actual purchasing power of those dollars has actually <br /> district leaders have had to be creative in order to decreased over the past 10 years," said Sutton.That's <br /> mitigate the effects of the increased financial burden they because salary increases that require a match by the local <br /> face at the local level thanks to years of decreased state district, employer retirement rate increases and employer <br /> investment. hospitalization increases have eaten up local budgets. <br /> Finding additional local dollars to meet those requirements <br /> "Our school board is really trying to save the classroom is becoming increasingly hard to do without impacting <br /> by protecting the funds that go directly into instruction," classrooms, Sutton said. <br /> said Duplin County Schools' Chief School Finance Officer <br /> Ashley Sutton. "In the past three years, we eliminated Duplin County's tax base is limited, said Sutton, so raising <br /> three principal positions and three assistant principal additional revenues to make up for decreased state level <br /> positions through school consolidation," said Sutton. investment is extremely challenging. In 2016-17, Duplin <br /> Duplin County closed three of its middle schools and County taxed its residents at a rate of$0.69 — higher than <br /> created an additional four K-8 schools in order to create the state average —yet that was enough to only raise <br /> savings that would help address needs of the district by additional local funds of $990 per student. By contrast, <br /> improving efficiency and maximizing resources. In addition, Wake County taxed its residents at a lower rate of $.60, <br /> district reduction in positions was intended to address but its expansive tax base translated that into local funds <br /> overall decreases in state investment in public schools. of $2,414 per student. The state's low-wealth supplemental <br /> funding allocation helps bridge the gap some, but it's not <br /> "While state dollars allocated in many categories, like enough. <br /> teacher assistants, custodians and central office have <br /> t � ` <br />