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Letter: Published: May 07, 2006 12:30 AM Tailored solutions Your School Crunch/Lessons for Wake series compared Wake County to other high-growth school districts around the country. The third installment featured Orange County, Fla., which touts its success accommodating growth. One way they fuel school funding is a significant impact fee on new housing. While Florida has a school impact fee, the state does not have a personal income tax. That's an important fact that was left out. The series did a great job demonstrating numerous creative solutions that other communities are taking to address their school growth problems. But what is sometimes lacking in stories about other regions are creative ideas that are also viable for our distinct community. Impact fees and transfer taxes have been a failure in other towns where a shifting real estate market can slow the revenue stream it provides, falling well short of the money counted on to build schools. A viable solution for Wake County includes implementing private/public partnerships. PPPs use private capital, public interest and combined risk and responsibility in order to build public facilities, including schools. With the support of the legislature, local governments can begin to embark on these partnerships and help provide the best long-term solution for the school construction and school growth dilemma we face. David Lazzo © Copyright 2006, The News & Observer Publishing
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