‘Hilliard Schools, Columbus Taxes,’ was a familiar refrain for decades. Who pays now?

Podcast: The Hilliard Beacon Podcast · Franklin Street Creative

Opublikowano: 2026-10-25

Paul LambertOriginally published on EducateHilliard Ever since the 1980s, when the population of the Hilliard School District began exploding in response to the Penick vs Columbus Board of Education desegregation lawsuit, we’ve heard the phrase “Hilliard Schools, Columbus Taxes.” It was a powerful sales tool for the new home builders who were banging out houses by the thousands in the parts of the Hilliard School District which had been annexed into the City of Columbus. I remember hearing that phrase in 1979 when we bought our first home in Golfview Woods, one of many neighborhoods which...