Akron Public Schools levy

The Akron Public Schools of Ohio are facing a serious 3rd and last vote on Nov 7. If the levy fails this time, the district educational and extra-curricular programs will be gutted. They were already reduced after the last levy failed in May.

Our 8th grade daughter has taken the entrance exam for a local parochial high school. She may take another. If the levy fails, there will be an exodus of the highest income and best students from the school district. That will leave the APS as an educational reservation for those who can't "get out." I suspect it will lead to the demise of this city. Those who live in it and vote against the levy will find themselves in an empty shell.

Some of those who oppose the levy because they believe that relying on the property tax is unconstitutional are correct. BUT, the place to lobby for that is with the governor and legislature. Once the district is gutted, many families will be leaving Akron. They won't return. And it will take a long time, if ever, to return the programs that are eliminated or reduced.