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All levies pass, changing schools’ outlooks Jeremy P. Kelley
The Bellbrook, Xenia and Beavercreek school districts are making new plans for the coming years because voters changed course Tuesday, approving tax levies after previous rejections.
All 10 school levies in the five-county Dayton area were approved just the second time in the past dozen years that there were no rejections. School levy passage was up slightly statewide as well. The Ohio School Boards Association reported that 68% of all school levies passed (up from 64% in November), including 50% of new/additional tax requests (up from 38%).
Voter turnout was dramatically different from November’s levies, which shared the ballot with the presidential election, to Tuesday’s quiet ballots on a rainy day. November turnout was 83% in Bellbrook and 81% in Beavercreek, but fell to 43% and 32%, respectively.