CANTON â Superintendent Ronald P. Burke learned how to swim at the Canton Central School District pool in 1976.
Small leaks have been bandaged â as have similar âleaksâ across the districtâs three buildings, parking lots and critical infrastructure â but district voters on Tuesday approved a multi-million dollar, multi-year revival.
One incumbent and four newcomer Board of Education members were elected from seven candidates, and all four ballot propositions passed, including a $33.1 million spending plan for 2021-22 with a 2.9% tax levy increase.
Less than an hour into Tuesdayâs noon to 8 p.m. voting window, about 70 people had stopped by the Hugh C. Williams High School Learning Resource Center to vote in person. With absentee ballots, vote tallies concluded shortly before 10 p.m.
CANTON â Four propositions and seven Board of Education candidates are up for approval from Canton Central School District voters Tuesday.
School districts statewide have been preparing for May 18 votes for months, and Canton Central taxpayers will be asked to consider annual bus and library propositions, a $33.1 million budget for 2021-22 and a $27.5 million, multi-year capital project.
This yearâs total $33,107,411 proposal, an increase of about $2 million from 2020-21, breaks down into $3 million in administrative costs; $5.2 million in annual capital costs, separate from the capital project; and $24.8 million in program costs.
A proposed 2.9% tax increase, which is under the districtâs 3.5% cap, amounts to $294,219, for a total tax levy of about $10.4 million to be collected from taxpayers. Initial budget figures drafted in February calculated a 3.5% levy, but with state aid announced, Superintendent Ronald P. Burke said during the boardâs April 19 meeting,
Though the years bleed together, Sergio Hernandez still remembers a special Abilene High-Cooper High football game at Shotwell Stadium.
For the past 20 years, he was in charge of making the athletic home of Abilene ISD s two high schools look immaculate.
But that one night, it rained. And rained. Saturday morning, there were giant trucks pulling cars out of the mud, Hernandez said. Things like that you still remember.
Hernandez s 29-year career in the Abilene ISD maintenance department came to an end in December. But on Thursday, he joined other school district retirees, along with a number of employees who earned their milestone service awards, for a special ceremony at the Abilene Convention Center.
Base Village cooling system offline after Central Plant flood
Nearly every building in Snowmass Base Village could be without cooling for at least the next month after a water main break April 28 flooded several rooms in the Base Village Central Plant.
The cooling system was submerged in 9 to 10 feet of water, according to emails from Base Village Director of Operations Scott Williams. The heating system was not affected because it is located in a different area and maintenance teams were able to mitigate damage there.
The Viceroy Hotel was the only Base Village building not impacted by the flood because the building operates on its own cooling system, according to Williams.
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