School Funding Matters

November 2008 - Posts

• Nov 20

  1 Comments In Ohio, a bevy of levies Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:15 AM by Andy Benson At the annual conference and trade show put on by the Ohio School Boards Association in Columbus last week, everyone seemed to be talking about school levies. Some of the urban schools were cheered by passage of their levies, no doubt fueled by the heavy Read More...

• Nov 09

  2 Comments The agony of defeat Posted Sunday, November 09, 2008 8:16 PM by Andy Benson Last week, I wrote about the failure of the Milford school levy by 54 votes in the general election. Milford, a suburb of Cincinnati, was seeking a 5.5 mill operating levy - what would have been its first since 2003. More on that posting. While supporters Read More...

• Nov 06

  1 Comments About those who vote no for schools Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 5:57 PM by Andy Benson In the final total, more than 61% of the local school levies passed Tuesday, and nearly 39% of the local school levies failed, which was a new record high of support for the past five years but not as good as a decade ago. More on election results. In Read More...

• Nov 05

  2 Comments Must be a better way to pay for schools Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:22 PM by Andy Benson In Milford, a suburban school district outside Cincinnati, levy supporters were anxious about their 5.5 mill operating levy defeat Tuesday. The loss by only 54 votes is attributed to a poor economy that is forcing voters to make tough choices based on Read More...