Two School Levies on March 6 Ballot

Updated 11:05 a.m.

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Issue 8 is a 4.75-mill, five-year renewal levy.

The levy – which originally passed in 2002 and is set to expire this year – would create $3.3 million in revenue through 2017 and would not raise taxes.

A bulk of the new revenue would go toward hiring seven to eight new teachers and filling classrooms with computers, desks and supplies in order to support an all-day kindergarten program.

Remaining money would most likely go to updating technology throughout the district.

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If the proposed 6.83 mill emergency levy passes on March 6, it would run for five years, raise $15 million in revenue and cost homeowners $209 per year for every $100,000 in valuation.

The eight-figure boost in revenue would also help to close a $10.6 million budget gap that is expected to split open by 2016.