Last night, I went to a meeting where a group of citizens, many of them from the "Old Teachers" group, learned about our upcoming millage. We tossed around ideas for clarifying to the public what the millage is for and why it's important that voters support it. We heard from a man who recently ran a successful campaign in another school district. It was informative and important. Apparently, my leaving home after the dinner hour was an Event of Interest to local keyboard warriors, and to be honest, it's not something I do often, so I'll share with you what I learned . --Onaway Area Schools has a millage vote on August 6th. It's not for new stuff. It's to keep the doors open. It's not unusual . All Michigan school districts MUST levy 18 mills on non-homestead property to receive their full foundation allowance. -- Millage is the operating money a school gets from taxes. A failure of this millage vote would send our per-pupil funding from $9608 to $3