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Vandalia-Butler talks district finances with residents

Vandalia-Butler City School District officials are considering the possibility of returning to the May 7 ballot after a third- consecutive levy defeat in November.The district will hold a community meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the district’s financial situation and May levy options, spokeswoman Bethany Reiff said.The public will ...

Beavercreek levy loses by close margin

Beavercreek City Schools’ fourth-straight request for new money was defeated by a close margin Tuesday, according to unofficial final results posted by the Greene County and Montgomery County boards of election. Superintendent Bill McGlothlin said he was pleased with the support the district received on Election Day. “Passing any tax ...

Voters reject Vandalia schools levy

The Vandalia-Butler City Schools levy failed Tuesday, according to unofficial election results with 100 percent of the precincts counted. Voters rejected the issue 54% to 46%. The unofficial vote total was 6,043 for and 7,220 against. The additional 6.99-mill levy for operating expenses and permanent improvements would have generated $3.9 ...

Huber Heights School District levy is rejected

Voters in the Huber Heights School District are on the way to rejecting an 8-mill operating levy, according to the Montgomery County Board of Elections. With 93 percent of the precincts counted, voters are rejecting the issue 62% to 38%. The vote total was 11,021 to 6,796. District officials have ...

Jefferson Twp. seeks levy for new school

The Jefferson Twp. Local School District has placed on the Nov. 6 ballot a $15.1 million bond issue to help build a new preK-12 school, and a 1.7-mill levy to generate $154,000 annually to maintain a new facility. The “one vote” ballot issue would cost the owner of a home ...

Centerville Schools has 5.9-mill levy on ballot

Centerville City Schools has a 5.9-mill operating levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. It’s a continuing levy and would raise $4.9 million in 2013 and $9.8 million annually starting in 2014. District officials said the levy, which is expected to cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $180 per ...

Yellow Springs schools has emergency levy on ballot

The Yellow Springs Exempted Village School District has an additional 7.4-mill, five-year emergency levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. The levy would generate $915,000 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $226 annually. Superintendent Mario Basora said the levy is needed because “the schools are in imminent financial ...

Valley View has emergency levy on ballot

Valley View Local Schools has a five-year, 6.97-mill emergency levy on the Nov. 6 ballot to avoid an operating deficit. It is expected to raise about $1.5 million annually for the district, and cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $213 per year. The rural, Montgomery County district of ...

Huber outlines $3.4 million in cuts if school levy fails

Huber Heights City School District officials say 77.5 staff positions – including 31.5 teaching jobs — would be eliminated if voters don’t approve an additional 8-mill operating levy on Nov. 6. Superintendent Sue Gunnell and Treasurer Ann Bernardo outlined for the school board Thursday night $3.4 million in proposed reductions ...

Huber Heights could face state fiscal oversight with levy defeat

Huber Heights City School District officials say if an additional 8-mill operating levy is rejected on Nov. 6, the district could face $5 million more in cuts and possible state fiscal oversight. Treasurer Ann Bernardo said the levy would generate $5.3 million annually over a continuing period of time. This ...

Beavercreek City Schools operating levy on ballot

Beavercreek City Schools has a 6.7-mill emergency operating levy on the Nov. 6 ballot, and it would raise about $10.9 million annually for the district. District officials said they are requesting this levy to pay for the operations of its two new school buildings, to compensate for a nearly 30 ...

Officials for Vandalia-Butler City Schools announced recently the district will close Murlin Heights Elementary School as part of $7 million in cuts aimed at balancing the budget even if voters approve an additional 6.99-mill levy on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Vandalia-Butler seeks operating levy on ballot

Vandalia-Butler City Schools has an additional 6.99-mill levy on the Nov. 6 ballot for operating expenses and permanent improvements. The levy would generate $3.9 million annually for a continuing period of time and be used for operating expenses as well as technology and maintenance projects. It would cost the owner ...

Xenia has emergency levy on ballot

Xenia Community Schools has a 6.5-mill emergency property tax levy on the Nov. 6 ballot that if passed would generate $4.1 million for the district in each of the next five years.“This levy is a bare-bones cut to keep the doors open,” said Mark Manley, Xenia’s administrative specialist, adding that ...

Fairborn school district seeks emergency levy

Fairborn City School District officials say failure of an additional 7.4-mill emergency levy on the Nov. 6 ballot would lead to state fiscal oversight.The levy would generate $4.4 million annually over a 10-year period and be used to continue the current level of programming and staffing. It would cost the ...

Lisa Gore, a head kindergarten teacher at West Carrollton’s Walter Shade Early Childhood Center, works with students Craig Fisher, right, and Brenna Knott on Monday, October 1. STAFF PHOTO BY CHRIS STEWART

West Carrollton Schools seeks operating levy

West Carrollton City Schools has a 3.9-mill operating levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. The five-year levy is expected to cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $119 per year, and should generate $1.6 million annually for the district. According to the incomplete 2011-12 Ohio Report Card Data released ...

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