Kellogg levy voted down

KELLOGG - Voters rejected a two-year, $3.26 million levy for Kellogg Joint School District 391 on Tuesday. Overall, 59 percent, or 534 people, turned thumbs down on the proposal, while 376 said yes. "People thought (the levy) added to their existing taxes, which wasn't the case," said KSD Superintendent Sandra Pommerening. "There was some misinformation out there."

KELLOGG - Voters rejected a two-year, $3.26 million levy for Kellogg Joint School District 391 on Tuesday.

Overall, 59 percent, or 534 people, turned thumbs down on the proposal, while 376 said yes.

"People thought (the levy) added to their existing taxes, which wasn't the case," said KSD Superintendent Sandra Pommerening. "There was some misinformation out there."

The 2008 levy election drew in 1,019 voters, with 57.11 percent in favor of the levy.

The district will now need to trim enough KSD positions and programs from the budget in order to compensate for the amount lost on the levy, or pursue another supplemental levy option.

"We'll have to cut quite a few things just to try for a different, lower (levy)," Pommerening said. "Our community has always been supportive of the schools in the past, and we appreciate all of the voters that did get out there and vote for our levy."