Opponents say they aren't necessarily against becoming part of the district and paying the taxes everybody else pays. It's the way in which they were being asked to join up. I think that's what most people were concerned about. Time, I guess, will tell if he's right. It is one of the most ridiculous setups in Arizona's system of public education.
Sun City is unorganized, as are retirement communities across the state.
So, too, is this part of north Scottsdale. Twice they've been asked to join the school district, and twice they've voted it down, the last time in 1994. It's easy to see why. People who live in the area pay far less than half the school tax they would pay if they lived south of Pinnacle Peak Road. Yet the area sends about 130 kids to Scottsdale schools and the district must, by law, take them.