Our property taxes will NOT go down. Vote No.

About 65% of our property taxes in Hollis fund our local schools.² The cap still allows the school budget to rise every year by the rate of inflation, so the school portion of our property taxes will still go up.

The school budget went up by about 4% in each of the last 5 years, with the exception of one year. Our school board and superintendent have been very responsible with our money. Let's let them keep up the good work.

Our property taxes go up because they pay for many vital town functions:

ALL these expenses are subject to inflation and ALL are paid for by our property taxes. Just with the huge increase in fuel expenses alone, the costs for our town and department budgets will increase.

Northeast energy prices rose 18% and gasoline 30.5% in the year to August 2026.¹

If Question 2 passes, school spending can rise only at the rate of overall inflation. But in real life, prices rise at different rates. Fuel and health insurance are mandatory expenses our schools have to pay, and they are rising much faster than inflation:

When required costs outpace the cap, cuts become necessary. The first to go will likely be programs like music and sports, which are not fixed expenses.

Our kids get less opportunity, and the quality of their education will suffer.

If our schools slip, so do our property values. Research consistently links school quality to home prices.⁵ If Hollis schools fell from top-ranked to middle-ranked, our home values would drop 5–10%.

Lowering home values leads to less town revenue.