LICKING COUNTY, OH (WCMH) — A proposed levy to improve the Northridge Local School District has failed for the third time.
Voters rejected the proposal, which included a 0.75% earned income tax and a 2.9 mill bond issue, by a margin of 204 votes.
Superintendent Scott Schmidt had previously stated much of the money collected would have gone toward improving the primary school building, which houses the kindergarten through 3rd grades.
Schmidt said the building continues to deteriorate, with ventilation and proper airflow being the biggest issues.
Additionally, he said the 4th and 5th grade classrooms have been housed in trailers, for more than a decade.
It would be more economical to construct a new building, rather than repair the existing one, according to the superintendent.
Schmidt says the district will move forward with another levy proposal. There is no timetable on when that will happen.