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现在的问题：今年夏天，富尔顿县委员会决定将2016年度重估住宅物业税收摘要部分冻结。由于富尔顿县委员会的决定引起的初步拖延，富尔顿县税务评估员不得不重新计算财产评估，财产通知不得不重新发起，将典型过程推迟了两个多月。这意味着FCS没有收到预期的收入来完全资助我们的预算。

我们现在不知道收入延迟的程度，直到上周，佐治亚州税收局不批准富尔顿县的税收。我们立即鱼富尔顿县政府和亚特兰大公立学校合作通过征税令（TCO）寻求法律援助。法官将在星期五审查此事。

当务之急是：这是个艰难时期，我们必须有些优先考虑的工作。在今年剩余的时间，由于我们已经启动了财务限制，我们今后两个月的重点将是： 尽我们所能保障我们学生的日常安全和争取到资金来兑现现有员工的报酬。

我们的今后的计划还包括必要的收紧和节约成本的措施，我们将在1月份立即采取行动改善财务状况。

计划如下：

1. 将12月20日的薪资转移到2017年12月29日
2. 全区冻结雇用
3. 冻结消费，除了与安全和保安相关的项目，联邦法规以及燃油和公用设施
4. 暂停使用系统外旅行，包括工作人员会议
5. 实施一个审查学生实地考察以限制区域费用的过程

最后，我们提出法庭请求，要求法官命令富尔顿税务专员发送税单。重要的是，这种情况是富尔顿县委员会决定的直接结果。 感谢您了解我们目前面临的困境。当我们收到信息时，我们将继续保持更新。

Our school system finds itself in a temporary but dramatic financial shortfall through no fault of our own.

THE PROBLEM: Earlier this summer, the Fulton County Commission decided to freeze a portion of the tax digest for reassessed residential properties at 2016 levels. Because of the initial delay caused by the decision of the Fulton County Commission, the Fulton County Tax Assessor had to recalculate property assessments, and property notices had to be resent, delaying the typical process by more than two months.  This means that FCS is not receiving the expected revenue to fund our budget fully.

We did not know the extent of the delay in revenue until last week when the Georgia Department of Revenue did not approve Fulton County’s tax bills.  We immediately worked to join Fulton County Government and Atlanta Public Schools in seeking legal relief to this situation through a Tax Collection Order (TCO). A judge will review the matter on Friday.

THE PRIORITY: When times are tough, we must prioritize. For the remainder of this calendar year, due to the financial constraint we have been put in, our focus will be:
•       The daily safety and security of our students
•       To do everything we can to honor our current employees with the compensation they earned

THE PLAN: Our plan of action also includes necessary belt-tightening and cost-saving measures we will all take immediate action to improve our financial picture through January.  They are as follows:
•       Move December 20 payroll to December 29, 2017
•       Freeze hiring district-wide
•       Freeze spending, except items related to safety and security, federal compliance, and fuel and utilities
•       Place moratorium on out-of-system travel, including conferences for staff
•       Implement a process to review student field trips to limit district costs

Finally, we have filed a court petition asking a judge to order the Fulton Tax Commissioner to send tax bills.  It is important to reiterate that this situation is the direct result of decisions by Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

Thank you for understanding the current dilemma we face. As we receive information, we will continue to keep you updated.