Voters in Nearly 120 Ohio Districts Asked To Approve Tax Levies

By Peter Schmidt

Cincinnati and dozens of other Ohio school districts have given voters a choice: Pass local property-tax levies or watch programs get axed.

Nearly 120 Ohio districts have placed levies on the Nov. 7 ballot. Administrators in many of those districts say passing the tax hikes is vital if they are to provide needed services and stay out of debt.

"We are out of places to cut," J. Michael Brandt, the superintendent of the Cincinnati schools, said last week. "It is to a point where the community needs to make a decision regarding the kind of school system...