CALHOUN VOTERS ASKED TO SUPPORT $3.5 MILLION 5-YEAR SCHOOL OPERATING LEVY

(10/24/2014)

Calhoun Schools is asking voters to approve a 5-year $3.5 million levy that will allow for a number of school services to remain in place. Declining enrollment, according to School Superintendent Tim Woodward, is the primary reason behind the financial trouble. In May, Calhoun voters narrowly defeated the levy that would have financially supported operations and services. Voting against the levy 845, for the levy 727. The levy needed a simple majority to pass. Superintendent Woodward has acknowledge that information about the $1.8 million deficit problem was not adequately made clear to Calhoun citizens and even board members themselves. Woodward said he understands there is qualified anger regarding the situation, but has been pleading with citizens to not use that anger when they go to the polls, saying the school system must look forward to educating Calhoun students. Calhoun is among about a dozen in WV that does not have an operating levy. See Levy Information Read earlier stories: CALHOUN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS RESPOND TO $1.8 DEFICIT - Comments Supporting Levy

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