Two-mill cutback needs citizen action
It may not be as easy as was
believed to get the two mills
designated for building and
repairs off the eight-mill
operating levy passed in
November of 1971, Supt.
David L. Moberly reported at
a meeting of the Cleveland
Heights-University Heights
School Board Monday.
During the recent successful campaign for the $19.5
million school bond issue, Dr.
Moberly and school board
members promised that if the
bond issue passed the two
mills would be dropped.
At Monday's meeting Dr.
Moberly said that attorneys
for the board advise that the
only way the two mills can be
removed permanently is by
petition and a referendum
election instituted by a taxpayer in the school district.
"WE INTEND to keep our
word and the two miils will be
dropped in next July's budget,
but they will still be on the
books," Dr. Moberly said.
Board president Jonathan
L. Collens also affirmed that
the pre-election promise will
be kept.
"This board will never use
this money," he said, "but as
long as it is on the books it
could be claimed at some
future time by some future
board."
Dr. Moberly invited any
interested citizen to institute
the refenendum action.
Dr. Moberly also reported
that at the board's
organizational meeting in
January, plans for the new
junior high school districting,
and the redistricting for the
elementary schools, will be
ready for consideration.
Construction schedules for the
junior high schools will also be
ready.
HE SAID that study was
being given the possibility of
combining the land now occupied by the Coventry
Library with the reconstruction Rlans for the new
Coventry School, in:
corporating the library with
the school building to create a
Coventry Community Center.
Action is also being instituted to acquire land owned
by Cleveland and now being
leased by the board at
Roxoboro Junior High School,
Dr. Moberly said.
Land acquisitions are also
being studied for Monticello
Junior High, and Fairfax and
Taylor Elementary Schools,
he said.
THE SCHOOL BOARD
approved a three-week tour of
approved a three-week tour of
Romania by the Heights High
However, the approval is
valid only if anticipated
grants are received and no
substantial fund-raising drive
is conducted in the Heights j
community, (see other story).
While voting to approve the
tour, board member Jean Dye
urged the board and school
staff to explore the
possibilities for other groups
in the school to have an opportunity for similar travel
experiences.
On another subject, Mrs.
Dye distributed copies of a
Children's Library Bill of
Rights issued last month by
the Ohio Libraries
Association, and urged board
members and the public to
consider its contents.
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
declares that all children in
the state should be guaranteed library rights from
school media centers and the
public libraries, with library
boards and schools working
hand-in-hand to achieve the
stated goals.
The board approved the
appointment of David C-
Fulton to the Cleveland
Heights-University Heights
Public Library Board of
Trustees for a seven-year
erm beginning Dec. 21.
Fulton, who headed the
successful school bond issue
promotion committee, succeeds William L. Vesely who
is moving out of the city.
