Part of Wellington's middle school was built in the 1950s. That's the new part. The original part of the school was built in the 1860s.
Schools Superintendent Francis Scruci says the students deserve better.
Superintendent Francis Scruci: "We're now trying to prepare our students to compete on a global scale and we need to take responsibility as taxpayers to give our children the very best opportunity to do that."
And that's what Wellington Village School District officials intended with Tuesday's tax levy proposal - which, if passed, would be matched nearly dollar for dollar with state tobacco funds.
It lost by 42 votes, a low enough margin, Scruci says, to warrant a recount, with additional absentee and provisional ballots to be included.
The money from the state has to be spent by August, so Scruci and the school board will hastily draw up a new plan for a new levy - even as the recount process is underway.
In an added twist, the district, which is in both Lorain and Huron counties, wound up with the Lorain County portion of the vote exactly tied.
Scruci says he's disappointed the levy did not pass, but it wasn't because of organized opposition.
He blames, the economy.
Rick Jackson, 90.3.
