David Lydic, of Cuyahoga Falls, submits a ballot on Aug. 7 at Woodridge Middle School.
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If passed on Nov. 6, the five-year, 6.83-mill levy would generate $15 million in revenue and cost homeowners $209 per year for every $100,000 in valuation.
In the event Issue 71 fails, the Woodridge Board of Education will approve $1.8 million in cuts to keep the budget balanced and in the black through the 2013-14 school year.
The reductions would go into effect July 1, 2013.
According to Issue 71 Levy Committee Chairman Scott Karlo, cuts would include:
- K-8 busing would be reduced to state minimum; high school transportation would be eliminated
- Two part-time health aides
- Three custodial aides
- 1.5 guidance counselors
- One industrial technology teacher
- Three library tutors (no library unless parents volunteer)
- Three kindergarten teachers (Elimination of all-day, everyday Kindergarten)
- Five Woodridge High School teachers
- Three Woodridge Middle School teachers
- Four Primary School and Intermediate School teachers
Patch Poll: Answer the question below after you vote on Election Day.
TC
8:33 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Why hasn't the School Board ever mentioned DeRolph v. State?
An excerpt from Wikipedia:
" Later that month, the court issued a ruling clarifying that property taxes could still be used if they were not the primary revenue source for school funding; that debts remained valid; and that the case would return to the trial judge, but that appeals of his decision would bypass the Court of Appeals and go directly back to the Ohio Supreme Court."
According to the mailer I received from the Levy Committe, Woodridge is heavily funded by property taxes.