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Little Miami candidates urge voters to renew emergency levy, warn of cuts if it fails
Summary
At a Together for Little Miami candidate forum, Bobby Grice and David Whiting said a five-year emergency levy renewal would preserve about $10.6 million in annual revenue and a 12.5% state rollback; both warned that failure would force cuts to programs such as art and music and complicate facility planning amid rapid enrollment growth.
At a meet-the-candidates forum hosted by Together for Little Miami, school board candidates Bobby Grice and David Whiting urged voters to support a five-year emergency levy renewal they said is essential to district operations.
"I am in full support of this levy," Bobby Grice said, describing it as a renewal that would preserve a 12.5% state rollback for five years if voters approve it. Grice said the levy brings roughly $10,600,000 into the district and that losing it would force painful program reductions.
David Whiting also backed the renewal, calling it "the cheapest dollar for a levy you will ever get," and warned that the district’s…
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