Woodridge Local Schools Levy Passes
The 6.83-mill, five-year levy will generate $15 million in revenue over the next five years.
Updated Nov. 7, 1:02 a.m.
It appears the fourth time is the charm.
Issue 71 -- the Woodridge Local Schools levy -- passed by a margin of 963 votes on Tuesday night.
The 6.83-mill levy will generate $15 million over the next five years and cost homeowners $209 per year for every $100,000 in valuation.
Over the last year, the district experienced three consecutive levy faliures. Woodridge hadn't passed a levy since 2004.
Over that eight-year period, state funding remained stagnant, the district’s student body increased by about 15 percent and expenditures -- such as salaries, school supplies and utility costs -- continued to rise, said Woodridge treasurer Deanna Levenger.
School officials cut 10 percent or $2 million from their $20 million budget over the last two years to remain in the black. If Issue 71 had failed, the Woodridge Board of Education planned to implement another $1.8 million cuts by July 1, 2013.
Due to the levy passage, those seven-figure cuts will now be averted.
Woodridge Local Schools, Issue 71:
20 of 20 precincts counted
| For | 4,902 |
| Against | 3,939 |
LIVE ELECTION 2012 RESULTS: (Information is unofficial and supplied by the Summit County Board of Elections.)
TC
8:01 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Looks like Davis can rescind pay-to-play like he said he would. Another WIN for the property owners too!! Now, if we can only get them to fix these roads.......
lynne mccormick
10:15 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
It passed based on renters showing up to vote for Obama. The home owners said no 3 times!
Earl Elevant
11:06 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I'm curious to see all the cars flooding the parking lots of schools at 6am and the mass exodus at 6pm as is the myth of teacher dedication...
Kathryn Price
12:53 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
What do the opposing homeowners think will happen to our property value when our school district doesn't have adequate funding to educate our children? I guarantee we'd be losing more than $500/year. Thank God this passed!
TC
2:55 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Why are you ALWAYS hitting the property owners? Why not the State of Ohio? Do you not know of the Ohio Supreme Court ruling on DeRolph v. State of Ohio? Google it. The STATE mandates that your children have access to an education, not the property owners.
Oh, and try to sell your house with these high taxes in this market. And what happens to your tax rate if/when the property values appreciate?
Earl Elevant
11:38 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Feel free to write as many checks as you want to provide "adequate funding" the next time a levy comes up.