Three of West Marin’s school districts will receive increased funding from property taxes, courtesy of higher assessed property values this year compared to last. The largest district, Shoreline Unified, will see a jump in funding by 5.44 percent, according to the deputy superintendent of the Marin County Office of Education, Terena Mares. That increase will pump $236,000 extra into Shoreline, a figure that the district’s business manager, Bruce Abbott, has already incorporated into his budget estimate. Along with several teacher and staff retirements this year, the added funds have helped pull Shoreline’s budget out of the red through next school year. Property-tax funds for Lagunitas School District will increase by 5.37 percent, and funds for Bolinas-Stinson Union will increase by 6.42 percent. School districts designated as “basic aid”—including all of West Marin’s—receive the vast majority of their revenue from county property taxes, which the county predicts will keep increasing next year as Marin continues to recover from the 2008 recession. According to the county, the number of properties whose values have been temporarily reduced over the past several years decreased by 32 percent between this upcoming fiscal year and last. Marin’s assessor, Richard Benson, estimates the county will take in $66.2 billion from property taxes next year, up 7.11 percent from last year. The recent assessment roll shows the largest property-tax increase since 2006-07.