Friday, July 16, 1999
Talawanda schools preparing 1-2 tax punch for Nov. ballot
BY SUE KIESEWETTER
Enquirer Contributor
OXFORD — High school students will go to a new building and Stewart Elementary School will close if voters approve a two-part money issue the Talawanda Board of Education has put on the Nov. 2 ballot.
The funding issues include a 0.75 percent income tax and a 5.84-mill bond issue.
“It's a big issue but, boy, would it put Talawanda in good shape for a long time,” said William Vollmer, school board president. “Program-wise, we could be doing so much more than we are. This will allow that.”
If approved, the income tax portion of the ballot issue is estimated to raise about $2.7 million annually, according to James Rowan, district treasurer. The money would be used for day-to-day operations, to hire 43 or 44 new staff members and to increase the salaries of teachers.
The bond issue would raise $34 million. The money would pay for a new high school and go toward making improvements to every building in the district — except Stewart Elementary School, which would close.
The high school would be built on 157 acres off Millville-Oxford Road, across from the College View Motel. Bond issue money also would be used to renovate Talawanda High School for elementary children.
Once the project was complete, children from Stewart would move to the renovated high school. Boundaries for Maud Marshall and Kramer elementary schools might be modified slightly depending on enrollment at the time, Mr. Rowan said.
Pending voter approval, ground could be broken for the high school next July, with most work completed by the start of the 2002-2003 school year, Mr. Rowan said.
A family with a combined income of $50,000 would pay an additional $375 annually for the income tax portion of the ballot issue, Mr. Rowan said. The bond issue portion would cost the owner of a house with a market value of $100,000 an additional $178 annually in new taxes. Voters last approved a ballot issue in 1988.
A campaign to pass the money requests will be headed by an 11-member committee meeting since April. The group last month recommended the board put a single issue on the ballot.
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