I hope the Hall County School Board by business discipline decreases the millage rate to 18.134 mills instead of the 18.90 millage rate being considered. This lower rate will avoid a tax increase of about 5 percent. In 2010, the millage rate was 16.42; in 2011, it was 17.67; in 2012, it was 18.49; and in 2013, the rate was 19.25.