The Cleveland, Minn. school board is asking voters for $18 million to renovate its schools. Less than a year ago 70 percent of voters in Cleveland rejected a school bond issue. This is a growing trend across the state. Farmland bears an outsized tax burden, in some districts accounting for more than 90 percent of the tax base for school construction projects -- even though farm families make up only a small sliver of taxpayers and students.
