BELLBROOK — It was a standing-room only Thursday night in Bellbrook at a Board of Education Meeting as discussions continued on a school levy.
“I think emotions have run a little off the rails,” said realtor Greg Blatt Thursday night.
The replacement levy, if passed, would cost property owners an additional $211 annually per $100,000 appraised value of property, the Greene County Auditor’s Office said.
“I’m all for good schools” Blatt said. “I think it’s important. But there comes a time when funding schools needs some fiscal responsibility.”
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Others voiced their support of the levy.
“If we don’t follow through on this levy, the school district is going to slide,” said Aaron Fromm, a history teacher who also has children in the district.
The levy will appear on the May 7 primary ballot.
Superintendent Doug Cozad has said the district was already able to trim approximately $500,000 from the budget this past summer and had hoped to avoid going to voters to ask for additional funds.