Liberty levy is crucial to continuing financial stability, schools superintendent says

LIBERTY

With the school district no longer in fiscal emergency, having shed that state designation in December, this would not be a good time for voters to reject the 7.75-mill, five-year Liberty renewal levy on the ballot May 5, Superintendent Stan Watson said.

“It’s crucial to pass [the levy] to continue on a pattern out of fiscal emergency and into fiscal stability,” he said.

Watson said one of the biggest accomplishments of the school district in getting out of fiscal emergency was doing it without passing an additional levy, which he said is rare.

“We did it with cuts and better operational efficiency,” he said, adding that getting there was a “painful process. We knew we had to do it to survive.”

Read more about the financial situation in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.