Monday, March 12, 2012
At a special Board of Education meeting on Friday night, Superintendent Walter Davis said the district will most likely begin with $600,000 in cost reductions.
In light of last week's levy failure, Woodridge Local School officials will soon have to decide on what costs to carve out from its unsteady budget. During a special Board of Education meeting on Friday night, Superintendent Walter Davis said he will recommend that the board approve the elimination of 27 district positions, according to the Falls News Press. The layoffs would go into effect by July 1 and save the district $535,000. Davis is also eying an additional $70,000 in cuts. On the personnel side, he said all district administrators have agreed to a pay freeze and to up their health insurance contributions from seven percent to 10 percent, effective Aug. 1. Subcommittees will be created to examine a pay-to-participate athletic …
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Friday, February 3, 2012
The district hopes to pass a 6.83-mill emergency levy on March 6 to avoid a $10.6 million deficit that could split open by 2016. If it fails, tough decisions will have to be made.
To help determine what the community could and couldn't live without, Woodridge Local Schools Superintendent Walter Davis created an online, 24-question survey and asked folks to contribute their opinions. 282 people participated and the results of the survey were discussed at Thursday night's Special Board of Education meeting. The following list was culled from the various responses in regard to what should be cut if the need arose: A good deal of emphasis is being placed on what to cut in light of a $10.6 million budget gap that could split open by 2016, according to the district's five-year forecast. It's the hope of both school administrators and the Woodridge Board of Education that a 6.83-mill emergency levy pass on March 6. The …
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If it passes, the 6.83-mill emergency levy will run for five years and raise $15 million. If it fails, the district could begin to experience some painful budget cuts.
Like most things these days, it’s a matter of dollars and cents. 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, said treasurer Deanna Levenger. 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, according to the district’s five-year forecast. Since the last levy – a 5.88 emergency issue – failed by only 224 votes, Levenger said she’s optimistic about the district’s chances on Issue 10 in the weeks ahead. However, Thursday night’s special meeting at the Woodridge administrative offices dealt more with determining a course of …
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Board of Education to hold special meeting Thursday to certify ballot language for March 6 election.
Woodridge Local School District officials are crunching numbers to determine where cuts of up to $400,000 can be made to remain solvent next school year while also preparing a new levy request for the March 6 special election ballot. The Woodridge Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the board office to certify the ballot language for the newest levy attempt – a five-year emergency operating levy designed to generate $3 million annually. The pending cuts and a new levy try are the result of the Nov. 8 failure of Issue 21, a 5.88-mill 10-year emergency levy that would have generated $2.85 million annually for operating expenses. The board approved a resolution during a special meeting Nov. 22 to place the …
Monday, August 1, 2011
Capital projects on infrastructure will continue according to Finance Director.
State funding cuts were discussed as a part of the Cuyahoga Falls city council meeting July 25. From the sounds of things, the city will feel some budgetary pain as a result, but not in a way immediately visible to the city's taxpayers. While shrinking budgets appear to be an issue for all municipalities across Ohio, Cuyahoga Falls Finance Director Joseph Brodzinski is “confident” that despite changes in the tangible personal property tax exemption, capital projects (.i.e. roads, infrastructure) are likely carry on without event. “Effective [this month] there was a change to that exemption, which means that we will lose about $500,000 in revenue compared to what was budgeted,” Brodzinski told Patch in an interview Friday. Next year, …
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
The district’s leader outlines budget reductions and anticipates news from Columbus.
The Woodridge Local School district has run the numbers and is ready to ask for voters support, again. “We now have a more clear picture, and it will be even clearer by June before taking action in July,” said Walter Davis, Woodridge Local Schools superintendent. “It’s time to reconsider our levy,” he told the board of education at Tuesday night’s meeting. The board voted back in March to remove the levy from the May ballot after Walter advised it was too soon at that time to know how much the district needed from the voters and that postponing the levy was the right decision. Davis anticipates the district's will see an almost 30 percent cut in state funding, which amounts to about $300,000 annually. Davis said finalized numbers from the …
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Friday, March 18, 2011
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Amid teacher contract talks and budget cuts, the school board prepares for an initial vote for a new levy in the spring.
The Woodridge Local Schools board of education tonight will consider placing a levy on the May ballot to stave off an almost $5 million budget deficit projected for the 2013-14 school year. Board President Cheryl Hoover said she was unsure how large a levy the district administration would request. The board will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the library at the high school, 4440 Quick Road. "Everything's now catching up with us," Hoover said. "We are at that cycle where we need to ask for new money and we also are faced with potential budget cuts from the state of Ohio." Hoover expects to see a 15 to 20 percent cut in state funding. Earlier this month, Superintendent Walter Davis proposed about $800,000 in cuts to the general fund budget for …
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Eric Eisentraut
9:49 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Cut: Look at the top - almost $900,000 in administration salaries. How about a 10% pay cut at the top. This would save $90,000 Class Size - Student/Teacher ratio is 16-1. How about increasing this to 20-1, much could be saved here. These are just some easy suggestions. more ›