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SUMMERS COUNTY SCHOOLS details $3.9 million, four‑year levy to fund aides, trips and safety projects
Summary
SUMMERS COUNTY SCHOOLS officials outlined a proposed four‑year excess levy expected to raise about $990,000 a year (roughly $3.9 million total) at a 20% rate to cover service personnel salaries, curricular and extracurricular travel, playground renovations, safety upgrades, transportation equipment and other staged facility needs. Presenters described oversight plans, tax‑impact examples and a recent electric bus grant.
SUMMERS COUNTY SCHOOLS officials presented details of a proposed four‑year excess levy at an informational meeting, saying the measure would raise about $990,000 per year (approximately $3.9 million over four years) at the 20% rate included in the proposal. The package lists line items for service personnel salaries, curricular and extracurricular trips, playground renovations, a Jumping Branch safe‑school entrance, transportation vehicles and facility and security improvements.
A central office staff member said the levy is intended primarily to cover positions and expenses already budgeted at the school level rather than to provide raises. "Nobody is getting a raise," the central office staff member said when outlining the levy’s salary coverage; the presentation estimated that 80–85% of the district’s budget goes toward personnel under state funding formulas.
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