In January of 2025, an emergency levy for Northmont High School was presented to provide emergency funding for the high school’s expenditures. This levy would provide $3,500,000 in annual revenue for 10 years. for comprehensive supports, services, and programming for our students.
The May 6th ballot had two different voting issues. Issue 2 was regarding the roadways and potholes, while the other issue was for the levy. According to an article written by Northmont City Schools, “School districts need money to maintain operations, and voted levies are the main source of funding for most districts in Ohio. State law freezes how much districts receive from voted levies – providing the same dollar amount year after year. As home values increase, the county auditor lowers the tax rate, which is called “effective” millage. Flat funding from the State and voted levies have not matched rising operational costs. This has caused our annual expenses to exceed our revenues. Northmont has not approved a new voted millage in nine (9) years” (January 27th, Northmont City Schools).
The levy was proposed after 2 failed levies in the past, which caused the closing of Englewood Elementary, which bought the district a small bit of time until they were able to propose another emergency levy. The voters flooded in to each of the polling locations on May 6th, and after numerous painstaking hours, a conclusion was reached. With a total of 5,150 votes, 3,254 people voted YES on the levy. This means that the Northmont City School district levy has successfully passed and will receive the annual $3.5 million dollars for the next 10 years. This will raise the amount of money taxpayers must pay in fees monthly by $10 per $100,000 of the value of each home.
