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Greenville
City Schools –
NO NEW TAXES
Two Mill
Permanent
Improvement Levy Due for Renewal
Doug Fries, Superintendent
On both
November 14, 2013
and December 12, 2013 the Greenville City Schools Board of Education
unanimously approved resolutions to place a 2 mill permanent
improvement renewal issue on the May 6, 2014 ballot. Greenville City
Schools has utilized a permanent improvement levy since 1989 and
successfully renewed the issue in the required five year cycle each
time thereafter. That cycle for renewal continues on May 6, 2014 and
will appear as Issue 3 on the ballot.
Permanent
improvement money
can only be used for improvements and projects with an estimate life
or usefulness of five years or more. Some examples are building
improvements and repairs, computer and technology upgrades, parking
lot and athletic facility improvements, as well as educational and
safety equipment. Permanent improvement monies cannot be utilized for
salaries, benefits or consumable items.
In the
last five years
Greenville City Schools used the P.I. fund to complete the following
projects:
*High
School Gymnasium
Renovation Project
*Memorial Hall Restoration
Projects
*New and
repaired boilers
at various buildings
*New
copy machines
*District
computer/technology replacement
*Safety
equipment upgrades
at building entrances for access control
*Modulars and decking
*New
school maintenance
truck
*Abatement of asbestos at
various buildings
*Light
replacement at high
school in gym, auto tech and engineering rooms
*Steam
line and waste
water upgrades at Woodland
*Scoreboard at Harmon
Field partially funded by PI fund
Specific
permanent
improvement needs over the next five years include:
*Memorial Hall Restoration
Projects including tuck pointing, window/door replacement and asphalt
paving
*Tennis
court improvement
to surface and fencing
*Resurface track at Harmon
Field
*Copy
machines
*Additional computers and
technology for online assessments and Twenty-First Century Education
*Updated
building AED’s
*New
school van
*High
School site work –
parking lots/sidewalks
*Improved/developed
athletic fields and facilities
*Painting/repair/lights at
Harmon Field
*Continued safety upgrades
with equipment
*Future
bus barn
*Snow
and mowing equipment
replacement
*Carpeting high school
media center
The 2
mill permanent
improvement renewal issue would result in NO NEW TAXES and would
continue to provide the district with an annual amount of $500,000
for building and grounds and capital improvements. This issue is a
request to renew an existing levy and again would result in no tax
increases or additional millage. The issue will cost the tax payer
no more than they pay today. The Greenville City School District will
continue to operate within the constraints set forth by the budget
and demonstrate prudence and accountability with your tax dollar.
School
buildings and
grounds are a major investment that requires ongoing maintenance and
upgrading that benefit the students and staff as well as the
community. In addition to the items already listed for need in the
future, the present older buildings have to be maintained until 2017.
Renewal
levies mean that
voters can still take advantage of the State of Ohio funded rollback.
All new levies have lost this advantage which was eliminated in the
summer of 2013.
I
hope these facts convince you to continue to support this renewal
levy for the P.I. fund at Greenville City Schools. Our school
district and community is going forward because of tax payer support.
Help us continue that direction by voting FOR the renewal levy with
NO NEW TAXES.
If you
have ANY questions
about the levy or any other school issue, don’t hesitate to call
the Superintendent/Treasurer office at 937-548-3185 from 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. We believe Greenville City Schools is a great place for
students to learn and teachers to teach and our community is a great
place to live.
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