Schools To Ask Two-Mill Levy In November For Salaries
by Stanley Meisler
Commentary by Stanley Meisler
September 4, 1953
September 1953
Middletown, Ohio
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Board Votes 5-0 Despite Higher Plea By Woodruff; Total Cost Figures Held - Middletown voters will be asked in November to approve a two-mill tax levy, needed by the Board of Education to increase teacher salaries. The board set the figure yesterday at a meeting in the high school. The vote was 5-0, although one member, Joe Woodruff, went on record as favoring a 2 1/2 mill levy. "Two mills may mean we will not have enough revenue to cover all expenses in the next two years," Woodruff said. He added later, "I think we’re cutting the bread too thin.” Woodruff said, however, he would support the two-mill tax despite, his preference for a higher levy...
Board Votes 5-0 Despite Higher Plea By Woodruff; Total Cost Figures Held - Middletown voters will be asked in November to approve a two-mill tax levy, needed by the Board of Education to increase teacher salaries. The board set the figure yesterday at a meeting in the high school. The vote was 5-0, although one member, Joe Woodruff, went on record as favoring a 2 1/2 mill levy. "Two mills may mean we will not have enough revenue to cover all expenses in the next two years," Woodruff said. He added later, "I think we’re cutting the bread too thin.” Woodruff said, however, he would support the two-mill tax despite, his preference for a higher levy...
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