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Superintendent Howard Fields details Proposition S, a 48¢ levy to fund safety and staffing in Ferguson-Florissant schools
Summary
Ferguson-Florissant School District Superintendent Howard Fields told the City of Florissant podcast that Proposition S, on the April 7 ballot, is a proposed 48¢ operating levy intended to shore up school safety, security and staffing. Fields said the levy would be paid largely by local taxpayers and provided sample monthly impacts for homeowners.
Superintendent Howard Fields said Proposition S, the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s proposed operating levy on the April 7 ballot, is aimed primarily at bolstering school safety, security and staffing.
"So Proposition S is an opportunity for us to strengthen the great things that are already happening in our school system, more specifically as it relates to safety, as it relates to security, as it relates to staffing," Fields said during a City of Florissant podcast interview with Mayor Eric Tim Lowry.
Fields and Mayor Eric Tim Lowry said the measure is an operating tax — not a bond — the first such levy the district has sought since 2014. Fields described the proposal as a 48¢ levy and gave examples of the household impact:…
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