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CHAMPION -- Champion school district officials are seeking the first renewal of a 5.85-mill, 10-year emergency operating levy on the May 3 primary ballot.
Superintendent John Grabowski said the levy is needed for day-to-day financial needs and will generate $1,010,997 annually for 10 years.
Schools Treasurer Laurena Rouan said this will be the first time the levy is up for renewal, having been approved in May 2013 as a 5.95-mill levy and generating the same $1,010,997.
She said the valuation has changed in the 10 years with the levy being sought now at 5.85-mills.
If approved in May, the levy would begin in 2023, and funds would be collected in 2024.
"It is game day and the levy's passage is needed for the financial needs of the school district," Rouan said -- noting the original passage 10 years ago helped the district with emergency needs for operations and finances.
Rouan said the owner of a $100,000 home would pay $205 per year.
Grabowksi said when approved in 2013, the levy was needed to help the district with operations.
In other action, the board approved the overnight field trip request of Derrick Kittle, director of bands, to travel with 62 students March 1 to 6 to Florida to perform as part of the Walt Disney World Performing Arts program. Students will miss three days of school.
Students will travel by charter bus and trip costs are paid by student fundraising, band boosters donations and parent contributions.
In other business, the board:
• Accepted a $500 donation from the Trumbull County Retired Teachers Association for the middle-school science club outdoor gardens;
• Approved the job description for the new supplemental position of middle-school graduation video coordinator. Middle school teacher Coryn Wilson was approved for the position.