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Springfield Schools looks for needed income tax Carolynn Mostyn Suburbanite correspondent SPRINGFIELD TWP. – After voters of the Springfield Local School District defeated a 7.7-mill operating levy both in August and November of 2020, the Board of Education had to come up with a different plan to bring in needed funds. That plan, instead of a levy, is to place a 0.75-percent school income tax levy of 0.75 percent on the May 4 ballot. If passed, the 0.75 percent school income tax would result in a tax of $7.50 per $1,000 in income. Those on social security benefits; disability and survivor benefits; railroad retirement benefits; welfare benefits; child support; property received as a gift, bequest, or inheritance; and workers’ compensation benefits would not be taxed. Senior citizens 65 years and older would receive a $50 income tax credit. ....
Springfield schools begins to approve reductions Carolynn Mostyn Suburbanite correspondent SPRINGFIELD TWP. The Springfield Local Schools Board of Education has begun approving reduction of force due to financial issues. During the Dec. 15 virtual meeting, the board first accepted the retirement resignations of teachers Cathy Berlo, Kathy Zehner and Classified Employee Sue Hennigin, all effective June 1. It also accepted the resignation of classified employee Cheryl Wagner, effective Jan. 4. Positions eliminated included an eight-hour custodian at the junior/senior high school, a six-hour custodian at Schrop Elementary, a two-hour administration building, a six-hour custodian at Spring Hill Elementary, a student activities clerk, a teaching assistant, an elementary assistant, a Schrop Intermediate library, a library clerk and a bus driver. ....