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Euclid's Issue 5 school levy failed by 61 votes, and state rules call for a recount
Issue 5 missed by 61 votes
- 61 votes
- the margin by which Issue 5 failed
- 6.75 mills
- for the new continuing levy
- $6.9 million
- a year it would have raised
- $236
- more a year per $100,000 in property value
Source: FOX 8 News
If you voted on Euclid City Schools' Issue 5, here's the count: it failed by 61 votes, about one-fifth of a percent, in unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. A margin that thin would trigger an automatic recount.
Issue 5 was a new, continuing levy for the district's current expenses. District leaders say deep cuts are on the table. Superintendent Karen Brown said before the vote that a failed levy would mean cutting to state minimums, including transportation, electives and activities. After the vote she wrote, "Nothing changes in our classrooms today."
- Recount: required for a taxing issue under a 0.5% margin
- Official canvass due: Nov. 24
- What gets cut: not named yet; administrators and board meet first
- Five-year forecast: 10% deficit by next year
Elsewhere in the region, Garfield Heights and Willoughby-Eastlake levies also failed, while Mentor's passed.
$14 milliondeficit Superintendent Karen Brown warned of before the vote
Brown said that if the levy failed, Euclid would cut to state education minimums.
Source: Cleveland 19 News
