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Worthington board approves maximum 2025 levy, directs administration to study possible reductions as bargaining continues
Summary
At its December meeting, the Worthington Public School District board approved the district's maximum levy for 2025 payable in 2026, voted to direct administration to review programs and staffing for possible reductions, and received an update that district and teacher negotiators remain about 1.1 percentage points apart on total compensation.
Worthington Public School District board members voted Thursday to approve the maximum 2025 levy payable in 2026 and to adopt a resolution directing administrators to review district finances, programs and staffing and return recommendations if reductions are needed.
The motion to adopt the levy and the resolution passed by voice and roll-call votes. Ryan, presenting the levy outcome during the truth-in-taxation follow-up, said the levy increase was 1.67. In the ensuing discussion administration reiterated that the resolution is an authorization to review options and does not enact layoffs or immediate program cuts.
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