Superintendent Says More Cuts Likely for Schools

The Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District will likely have to undergo more budget cuts in light of , Superintendent Scot Prebles said. 

The district has been forthright about its five-year forecast, Prebles said, and the expected budget cuts from the state would just make that projected deficit larger. 

Any cuts the district has to make would be in addition to the , Prebles said. While there are no specifics at this time, Prebles said the district will have to look at all that it offers and how much those things cost. 

The district’s administration must also turn its attention to the , Prebles said. That levy is a renewal and would produce no new taxes.  

Board of Education President George J. Balasko said in an email that he thought the levy campaign volunteers did a good job of sharing the “great things our district is doing for our students.” 

“I am disappointed in the loss of our levy, but I understand that it is difficult to support a new tax levy in these tough economic times,” Balasko said in an email.

Brecksville-Broadview Heights’ levy was far from the only one that failed; only 59 percent of levies across the state passed, according to information from the Ohio School Boards Association. 

Balasko said he has already heard feedback from individuals on both sides of the issue – those who want to see the levy back on the ballot and those who don’t. The earliest a new levy could be placed on the ballot would be in November, Balasko said.