Cleveland schools levy to appear on ballots as Issue 49

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s proposed tax increase will appear on November ballots as Issue 49, according to a list of issues from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Even before the number was assigned, levy campaign volunteers started knocking on about 2,000 doors in Wards 1 and 17.

So far, residents have been receptive to the levy, but expressed some concerns, said Kurt Richards, a 1st grade teacher at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and the union vice president who is managing the campaign for Citizens For Our Children’s Future, a political action committee.

“There’s a concern about raising taxes, and we get that,” Richards said. “There’s also what seems to be a greater concern about stopping or halting the progress that we’ve made over the last 10 years in the Cleveland schools.”



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