Accounting for some 22,000 votes spanning multiple counties, Ohio Hi-Point Career Center is poised to pass its first new levy in more than 40 years following approval Tuesday of a 0.6-mill permanent improvement levy.
Ohio Hi-Point staff and administrators look on Tuesday as election results are reported from county boards of elections. The .6-mill permanent improvement levy was approved. (EXAMINER PHOTO | NATE SMITH)
At press time, Hi-Point’s levy was ahead 11,251 to 10,518, according to unofficial counts from nine counties in the district.
Most of the vote came from Logan, Union, Champaign, Hardin and Auglaize counties, with only about two dozen combined votes from outlying cross-over counties .
The levy failed by nearly 800 votes in Champaign County, according to unofficial results there. However, it passed with a large enough margins especially in Logan and Union counties to make up that difference. In Logan County, the levy passed by an unofficial count of 3,789 to 3,086.
“We’re thankful for all the voters both for and against this levy for coming out and exercising their vote and participating in the Democratic process,” Ohio Hi- Point Superintendent Rick Smith said.
“We appreciate that most voters appear to have seen the need for this levy and helped set us up to provide a 21st century education for a 21st century jobs.”
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