Superintendent: November South Range levy 'extremely unlikely'

NORTH LIMA — Residents in Beaver and Green townships will most likely not see a South Range levy in November.

"It would be extremely unlikely that we attempt a November levy," said Dennis Dunham, South Range superintendent. "There are catastrophic things that can happen to a school district" to change that, such as state funding cuts, he added.

In terms of what cuts could be made to improve the financial state of the district, "everything is on the table," Dunham said Wednesday morning.

A three-year, 4.9-mills emergency operating levy was defeated Tuesday by South Range voters with about 61 percent of voters against it.

The levy would have generated $931,838 annually for three years. It would have cost the owner of a $100,000 home $171.50 a year.