Sidney passes school levy
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
President and CEO of Spirit Medical Transport Brian Hathaway, left, of Greenville, and Chairman of Houston Joint Ambulance District Kim Vondenhuevel, of Sidney, hug after it was announced that the Houston joint ambulance district levy passed.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
Sidney City Schools Superintendent Bob Humble, left, shakes hands with Treasurer Mike Watkins after they were told the Sidney City Schools levy passed.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
SIDNEY – Voters approved levies for both the Sidney City School District and the Houston Joint Ambulance District during Tuesday’s special election, according to unofficial results.
SCS seeks support for tax levy
SIDNEY Registered voters in the Sidney City Schools District are being asked to approve an earned income tax levy on the Tuesday, May 4, ballot. The .75% levy which is for 10 years will raise $3.3 million for the district if approved.
After three failed attempts at passing a property tax in 2020, the district conducted a survey asking residents which option income tax or property tax they would prefer to see on the ballot in May. The results showed residents preferred an income tax over the property tax. Sidney is the only school district in the county that doesn’t have an income tax levy in place.
Vote ‘Yes’ on the Sidney Schools levy
To the editor:
I am proud to say that I was an employee of Sidney City Schools for 19 years. During that time, I met some of the finest educators who were and are the most dedicated professionals I have ever met. Our schools have a levy on the ballot to support the staff and students of this excellent school district. One of the unique features of this levy is that it will not tax retirement income, pensions, social security and many other incomes. This is especially good news for our senior citizens of Sidney. After I retired from Sidney I went to work for the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County for 8 years. During that time, I met so many wonderful people who were on fixed incomes and had to be very thrifty with their money. Fortunately, we were supported by the city, the County, The United Way, and several businesses and industry so we could keep our costs down to join and participate in many activities at the center. The community of
Vote ‘No’ on Sidney City Schools levy
To the editor:
I encourage you to Vote No for the Sidney City Schools Levy. My children have been blessed with amazing teachers and staff but very poor administration. The school board has turned simple tasks into politics and a popularity contests. The “improvements” from Bob Humble have been nothing but chaos. Traffic is an issue at every single school. School buildings are being used for storage. A lot of money was dumped into Whittier, turning a 50 year old building into a preschool. Not on the hope that it would keep students in the district, but due to an argument with Shelby Hills. On top of everything else having a teacher bulling a student. Then the outright denying it happened. Bullying was well know last year and brought up but the levy was more important at the time. There is no accountability and throwing money at the problem will not fix it. This administration needed to show some type of progress is being made and it has
Support the Sidney City Schools levy
To the editor:
The Workforce Partnership of Shelby County (WP) has been working closely with Sidney City Schools (SCS) since 2014 when they became the first Shelby County district to implement dedicated workforce development curricula for their students. Kudos to the SCS administration for their forward-thinking efforts aimed to address employment skills and local career opportunities. Today almost every 7th and 8th grader at Sidney Middle School completes a nine-week workforce course. Then at the high school level, students develop skills in career tech classes, with interaction from WP company representatives who introduce local jobs. Quite honestly, what SHS offers in the way of career tech pathways is very impressive and they lead the county in offerings.