Youth profile: Allen East’s Jackson has eyes to the sky
Jackson
HARROD Mackenzie Jackson, a 17-year-old senior at Allen East High School, has her sights set pretty high after high school is over.
She wants to pursue a degree in aviation technology at Bowling Green State University.
“I’ve always loved airplanes and flying. I got the opportunity last year to fly a plane, and then I fell in love with flying even more than what I’ve already loved it,” Jackson said.
She already knows what she wants to do after she gets her college degree.
“I plan on starting out in commercial at an airline somewhere. After I build up my experience, I plan on going into corporate (aviation),” Jackson said.
Allen East schools will have levy on spring ballot
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
HARROD The Allen East school board unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night to place a 2.27 mill levy on the May 4 ballot.
This tax levy replaces one originally approved by voters in 1994 and every five years since then.
Voters in the Allen East school district will consider whether to continue to pay the tax indefinitely, instead of every five years.
“One of the things we always watch with our communities, you always want to think about voter fatigue,” said Andrea Snyder, Allen East treasurer. “(The voters) have approved this exact levy six times since 1994. It’s passed with great success every year. And we’d like to just make this a permanent thing. So they don’t have to continually vote on it every five years.”
Allen East voters to consider substitute tax levy in May
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
HARROD Allen East school district voters will consider in May whether to make a five-year levy they’ve approved since 1994 into a permanent one.
It’s not a renewal levy per se.
“A renewal levy is the exact same language that was originally passed. Ours is considered a continuing substitute levy,” said Andrea Snyder, district treasurer. “It follows all of the original language from 1994 but instead of just a renewal, it substitutes it, and it goes for a continuing period of time. So instead of five years, if this would be approved by our voters in May, it wouldn’t be voted on again. It would be set for the future.”