NEOH SCHOOL LEVIES 

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, SCHOOL LEVIES SAW MIXED RESULTS AS ONE FAILURE COULD PUT ONE DISTRICT OUT OF MONEY IN FOUR MONTHS AND ANOTHER DISTRICT'S PASSAGE IS THE FIRST IN DECADES. 
THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO DOZEN SCHOOL LEVIES ON THE BALLOT ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND LORRAINE. VOTERS SAID YES TO NEW FUNDING IN WHAT WAS A PRETTY CLOSE RACE. IT CAME DOWN TO LESS THAN 150 VOTES. THIS IS THE FIRST NEW LEVY TO PASS THERE IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS. BARBERTON VOTERS SAID NO. THAT PUTS THIS DISTRICT IN A PRETTY TOUGH SPOT. SCHOOLS THERE ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH MONEY PROBLEMS. IN FACT, THEY'RE IN WHAT'S CALLED FISCAL CAUTION FROM THE STATE LEADERS SAY WITHOUT NEW FUNDING, THEY COULD RUN OUT OF CASH AS SOON AS SEPTEMBER.