![]() ![]() "It's just that with facilities, we have no other (funding) options," Yater said. Yater said he knows his community appreciates the district's fiscal responsibility when it comes to operating costs − he doesn't see a need for a tax hike in the next five years, at least. Northwest can't count on state funds for its necessary facilities work, either. "You're kind of tearing communities apart with this stuff." "It really is not good for communities," Broadwater said. He's hoping to get community discussions started soon to address the state school funding model and lack of state funding for Loveland schools. "There are some districts that love the state funding because they get a lot, and then there's some districts, the wealthier districts, do not," Broadwater said. ![]() Various districts get drastically different funds based on the state's formula, which many believe does not provide proper funding for school facilities and materials across the state. Ohio's school funding model has been deemed unconstitutional for more than two decades. "We're just looking to maintain what we have." School funding: Is there a better way? "We're not looking to bring anything back," Broadwater said on Wednesday. ![]() 1, 2024.įor the rest of this year, Loveland will be burning through its cash reserves. Now, the district will have to wait until Jan. If the levy had passed in November, it would have been different because the funds would have kicked in on the first of the year. Unlike Northwest, Loveland voters had a change of heart.īut even with this levy passage, Superintendent Mike Broadwater said, it's too late to bring back any of the cuts some community members were hoping for, like high school busing. Like Northwest, Loveland put up a repeat measure in May after its levy failed in November. ![]() Last week voters in southwest Ohio approved school measures in four districts, including at Forest Hills Local School District and Loveland City Schools, and rejected four others, including at Winton Woods City School District and Ross Local Schools. "Even if we wanted to just do repairs to our buildings, we would still be asking our community for a bond." "No," Yater told The Enquirer on Thursday, two days after the bond issue failed for a second time. Is there another way to address the district's aging buildings and maintenance needs? It failed again, this time with 75% of voters against it. The district put the bond up again last week. In November, 64% of voters went against the measure. The catch: It depended on voters passing a 38-year, 4.98 mill bond issue. That plan also included two new middle schools (to address capacity issues that force student small groups to meet in closets and staff offices to be housed in vacant locker rooms) and renovations to Monfort Heights Elementary School. The school is 100 years old and was set to be replaced in the district's master facilities plan, which rolled out in 2021. In the winter, it "really bakes the rooms," and instructional materials that teachers put up in their classrooms tend to "melt off the walls." The boiler heater at Colerain Elementary School is old and difficult to control, Northwest Local School District Superintendent Darrell Yater said. ![]()
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