school levies

Should Akron Public Schools build a new school in the Kenmore neighborhood? How many schools should be closed or relocated amid declining enrollment? And how much debt should be taken on, if any, to fund new facilities? The Akron Board of Education is deciding on a new facilities plan.

The Canton City School District Board of Education voted Monday to move forward with seeking a levy in the spring to build two new elementary schools as part of a major facilities reconfiguration plan. The district is also putting plans to move McKinley High School on hold.

Local school districts struggled to garner support for levy proposals in Tuesday’s elections. Measures that would have created additional levies failed for Parma, North Olmsted and Rocky River schools.

Library levies on the ballot in Northeast Ohio overwhelmingly passed; Stow Municipal Court Judge Lisa Coates wins a heated primary race against presiding Judge Kim Hoover; school levies saw mixed results; and more stories.

School districts in the Cleveland area seem to be receiving mixed results for their proposed levies during Tuesday's election.

There was good news for two-thirds of the state’s public school districts that had tax levies or other money questions on Tuesday’s ballot.

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, April 29:PRELIMARY PRIMARY RESULTS:Stark Parks levy approved;School levies for Stark, Summit and Cuyahoga…

State senators will soon take up a House-passed bill that its sponsor said will clarify descriptions of school and local levies and other property tax…

Voters in a Portage County school district approved two new levies, averting a financial crisis. It’s the first time in 28 years that Field Local Schools…

It was a good night for school districts across Northeast Ohio. Voters supported 18 of 20 school levies on the ballot. The unofficial results show that whether it was a renewal or an additional levy, voters were 'for' their school district receiving the tax money. In Cuyahoga county levies for Brooklyn, Strongsville and Parma City Schools all passed.