How has the community responded to LEVY and BOND issues?
The Gahanna-Jefferson School District will be on the May 3, 2011 election ballot for a 5.2 Mill Operating Levy. Previous levy attempts in May 2010 and November 2010 did not receive the majority vote. The district has cut $5 million from the budget over the last two years and eliminated 40 positions prior to school year 2010-11. As of January 2011, the district is in the process of defining another $7 million in budget cuts including the reduction of approximately 50+ personnel by June 2011. Historically, the Gahanna community has been very supportive of its school system. In the last 15 years several bond, levy and combination levy/bond issues have been on the election ballot. Passages took place in May of 1994 for a .8 Mill Bond Issue, November of 1995 for a 6.5 Mill Operating Levy, and in November of 1998 a 6.3 Mill Operating Levy and $20,000,000 Bond Issue passed. In May 2006, the community passed a 7.9 Mill Operating Levy. Although the district has developed tax revenue agreements
