Protect your investment

Protect your investment

EDITOR:

The Leetonia School District has a levy on the ballot for the May 5 election. The members of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees Union, OAPSE Local 224, are asking for the voters of our community to support this levy. We are asking for your yes vote. The need for additional funds for our school has been in the news for the past couple of years. The need has not diminished over time, but has greatly increased.

Our members work in the school in various positions, secretarial, transportation, custodial, food service and as aides in the library. We are grateful for the opportunity to work for the school district and to be of service to the students. We enjoy the many varied aspects of our jobs. It may seem obvious why we support the levy, in these tough economic times, we all want to keep our jobs. But we also want the District to survive, for the sake of the students and for the sake of this community.

We have so many positive things going for Leetonia, a new library, scenic bike trail, Industrial park, and Coke Ovens. We have business and community involvement with festivals and organizations. A strong school system enhances our community as well and is a source of pride. We may be a small school in a rural setting, but for our children at Leetonia Schools, we are the starting point to their future. Let’s not hold them back.

Our members live in this community, we are your neighbors, and we understand the impact the levy will have on property taxes. But keep in mind, we voted, years ago, to build this beautiful new school because of the increased value it would bring to our properties, we need to vote at this next election to protect that value.

More importantly we need your vote to protect what we value and cherish the most, our children’s future.

CAROL L. RYAN, president

OAPSE Local 224

Leetonia