Shawnee to hire Gallia schools superintendent
Jude Meyers
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP Gallia County schools Superintendent Jude Meyers will be the next superintendent of Shawnee schools.
Meyers, who has overseen the Appalachian-area school district since 2014, accepted an offer from the Shawnee schools Board of Education on Thursday and is expected to begin his role Aug. 1, after the board finalizes his hiring at its next meeting July 27.
Shawnee schools has spent the past seven weeks reviewing applications and interviewing candidates to replace Superintendent James Kanable, who announced his retirement in May after the district won its emergency levy campaign that will provide an additional $2.2 million per year for the next five years.
Roundup: Shawnee police, school levies approved; Cridersville police stay full-time
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
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SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP Voters in Shawnee Township and Cridersville overwhelming said yes to property tax levies and income tax hikes to fully fund police departments. And Shawnee schools, which has been operating at a deficit for the last decade, will now see an additional $2.2 million per year thanks to an emergency 4.58 mill levy approved by voters Tuesday.
Tuesday was the second time in three years that the district has asked voters for new money after a 2018 emergency levy was rejected, resulting in budget cuts.
Shawnee schools is back with emergency levy request
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
The $2.2 million, five-year levy before voters this spring would drastically improve the district’s financial status, allowing Shawnee schools to invest further in STEAM education, classroom technology, professional development and mental health services.
Emergency levy before voters
• Shawnee schools is asking voters for an emergency property tax levy of 4.58 mills, the equivalent of $2.2 million per year. Funds would benefit STEAM education, mental health services, professional development and classroom technology.
• The levy would be renewed every five years, half the length of the failed 2018 levy.
• District running a deficit due to loss of Tangible Personal Property Tax Reimbursement and state budget cuts. Voters last approved new money for Shawnee schools in 2004.
Shawnee Local Schools have entered the early stages of a levy.
Shawnee Local Schools Board of Education met Tuesday evening to agree to start the process of putting an emergency levy on the ballot in May of 2021. This levy would be a 4.58 mills, 5-year levy or $2.2 million. The previous levy that failed in 2018, was for $1.85 million over 10 years which resulted in the school district making cuts of nearly $600,000, and without a passage of this emergency levy, they will have to make more changes in the future.
James Kanable, Superintendent of Shawnee Local Schools said, âRight now, based upon the Boardâs criteria, our carryover is getting down to the point where we are very nervous. We would be in negative dollars overall within about a 3-year period, so this seems to be the right time. In looking at the amount of deficit spending that we are doing, the $2.2 million seems to be the fix for the current time period.â
Levy coming to Shawnee schools voters
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
The Shawnee school board took the first step toward getting a 5-year, 4.58 mill tax levy on the May 4 ballot.
Sam Shriver | The Lima News
Shawnee schools to pursue levy
• Request for $2.2 million or 4.58 mills, 5-year emergency levy.
• Last request for levy was 2018, for $1.95 million or 4.48 for 10 years. Not approved by voters. The board reports making more than $600,000 in cuts.
• Loss of Tangible Personal Property Tax Reimbursement and state budget cuts. New money for district last approved by voters in 2004.
• Fate of new school funding model in state legislature is unknown.