🏫Euclid's Issue 5 school levy failed by 61 votes, and state rules call for a recount

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.