Mayfield City Schools looking to avoid a $1.5 million operating deficit this school year through passage of Issue 51 on

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — Voters in Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Highland Heights, and Gates Mills will decide whether to approve additional funding for Mayfield City Schools this November.

The district has a 5-millage operating levy on the ballot that leaders say needs to pass in order for the school system to avoid a $1.5 million operating deficit this school year.

“There's nothing more important than the school system,” says Gayle Teresi, a lifelong resident of the district and former president of Mayfield Heights City Council who now serves as the chairman of the Mayfield School Levy Committee. “We want to make sure that our levy passes because we offer so much today, but with the cost of educating children, we have to make sure that we have the funds to continue.”

According to the district, if approved, Issue 51 would generate $7.743 million annually for Mayfield City Schools, a 5-star rated school system on the 2024 Ohio State Report Card.


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