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she said. She has enlisted a committee of helpers including her family, some staff at the recreation center and staff at Starfire U. “She’s very much a planner and a go-getter,” Starfire U staff member Leah Addison, 24, said.
“She’s been calling people and inviting people out. She’s very driven and we hope to sustain this event for years to come.” Doerflein has been working on her project since November and said the hardest thing to do was find a band. “We saw a lot of bands,” she said. “The Young Heirlooms will be there. They sing bluegrass and folk music.”
She said she can’t believe the party is only a month away. “I can’t wait. I’m really excited,” she said. “The party is going to be a great hit and I hope everyone enjoys it.” Doerflein said you don’t have to participate in the run/walk to come to the party. She said, “Just come and have fun.”
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to pass because it has been so long. Schools are the backbone a good community and the school needs the money.” If passed, the levy would have cost the owner of a $100,000 home $145.34 per year, according to the Hamilton County auditor’s office. After reviewing voting results from May, Oak Hills Superintendent Todd Yohey said it was evident why the levy was unsuccessful. “Less than 50 percent of our parents are registered to vote,” he said. “Fourteen percent of that 50 percent actually voted. We were surprised at that low turnout of our parents.” Satch Coletta, Oak
Hills May levy campaign chairman, said his group is going to work hard to get the message out about the district and their financial needs. “The need is still there,” he said. “People need to look at the figures, the dollars and cents figures.” During a board development session May 20, Treasurer Ronda Johnson said the district knew they needed new revenue in 2014. “We’re projecting to be out of cash by fiscal year ‘16 and really out of cash in fiscal year ‘17,” she said. The district identified that a 60-day cash balance is the benchmark for fiscal health and the fiveyear forecast shows that the district falls below that cash balance in 2014, according to a levy pamphlet released by the dis-
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trict. “We would be living paycheck to paycheck,” Johnson said during the development session. Schoonover said the district will need to work harder to get the votes. “We can’t take for granted that people are going to vote,” she said. “The philosophy is if we can get the parents to vote it will pass.” Despite what she says is an optimistic view of getting the levy to pass, Schoonover said the fact is that they still need to make cuts for 2014. “We have to make cuts now, and if the levy doesn’t pass in November we’ll have to make major cuts,” she said. Yohey said the district will have to make about $1 million in cuts “in anticipation of the November issue.” “If the November issue doesn’t pass we’ll have to implement further reduction,” he said. “Two goals with implementing reductions are to protect classroom instruction and to maintain that 60 days true cash (balance).” He said cuts would be made to certified teachers and classified personnel such as bus drivers, custodians, aides and other positions, and some program cuts and cuts made in building budgets and other budgets.
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