Today in our extended look at school levies resulting from Kasich budget cuts, we head to northwest Ohio’s Wood County home of the Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools.
Gov. John Kasich’s $1.8 billion in cuts to Ohio public education put a $3 million hole in the Perrysburg schools budget. This hit couldn’t have come at a worse time. Perrysburg is a Toledo bedroom community that’s been rapidly growing over the past few years. In the past five years, its school district has seen enrollment gains of 7%. The district is having problems with overcrowded classrooms and needs more teachers and space to keep class sizes down.
But that’s kind of hard when you’ve had to cut staff by 6% to stay solvent. It could get worse.
[Read more…]School Levy Profile: Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Today in our extended look at school levies resulting from Kasich budget cuts, we head to northwest Ohio’s Wood County home of the Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools.
Gov. John Kasich’s $1.8 billion in cuts to Ohio public education put a $3 million hole in the Perrysburg schools budget. This hit couldn’t have come at a worse time. Perrysburg is a Toledo bedroom community that’s been rapidly growing over the past few years. In the past five years, its school district has seen enrollment gains of 7%. The district is having problems with overcrowded classrooms and needs more teachers and space to keep class sizes down.
But that’s kind of hard when you’ve had to cut staff by 6% to stay solvent. It could get worse.
[Read more…]