A little over a third of school levies statewide passed in Tuesday’s primary, which is half of the passage rate last May. But school officials said even with homeowners’ concerns about rising property taxes, they don’t think the two-thirds failure rate shows a voter revolt on levies.
A total of 24 of 66 levies passed, or 36%. A total of 12 of out of 50 new school levies, or 24% were approved. Voters passed 12 of 16 renewal levies, or 75%.
But Paul Imhoff with the Buckeye Association of School Administrators said the results don’t worry him right now…