NEWTON FALLS - Voters in the Newton Falls School District will see a 4.6-mill emergency renewal levy on the May 4 primary election ballot.
"If the levy is not renewed, we lose that funding," said Don Baker, president of the Board of Education, which voted recently to put the levy on the ballot.
"It's our life blood," said David Wilson, Newton Falls superintendent. "It's been what we've been running on for 20 years."
"To keep things status quo, the levy needs to pass," said Baker. "The chief thing we want people to understand is that it's not a new levy. It's simply to maintain the funding that we already have."
Although the levy will not increase taxes for residents, concerns still remain.
"Obviously, there is a concern about passage, but we hope that people realize that it will basically keep things the way they are," said Baker.