During yesterday’s primary elections 13 school districts asked for money from their voters. By MPR’s count ten passed and three failed. That might be a good sign for the Duluth School Board, which is one of at least 45 Minnesota Districts that will put levy requests up for a vote this November, but according to Charlie Kyte who heads the State association of School Administrators:
“The September election results and the November election results – one does not make the other a trend,” …
He said the primary election was low-key enough to give districts a fighting chance to get out the word on their referenda. But what about in November, when the ballot includes high-profile races for President and U.S. Senate?
“I think by and large the [superintendents] are very worried about how to get fair attention for this election for them.”
MPR also noted that six of the ten levies that passed will not cost their local voters a dime.
“These a quirky kind of bond question where the district only asks for $495,000 and doesn’t require a tax increase – all six of those passed easily, in the Cromwell-Wright, Foley, Hill City, Roseau, South Koochiching-Rainy River, and Warroad districts.”
This is not the kind of levy being offered by the Duluth School Board.
