Bandera Independent School District trustees approved a budget for the school district in the upcoming fiscal year at a special meeting on Thursday, June 25, but could not finalize what is expected to be a slight drop in the tax rate, said Michael Neuman, the district’s new chief financial officer. At the beginning of June, he took over from Scott Tipton, who took on a similar role at the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District in West Texas. “In the past we set the tax rate based on our (property) values and tabulations from the appraisal district. What changed this year because of (House ...