(Continued from page 19)

but it needed 60 percent approval to pass. It would have cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $132 more in property taxes per year.
• The school district has been experiencing enrollment growth of about 6 percent a year. The most contested piece of the plan to deal with the growth was the construction of an elementary on the north side of the district. A number of residents there say they live closer to Sioux Falls and shouldn't be financially responsible for Tea's schools.

(Continued on page 21)