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Issue 5: Strongsville City School District Bond Issue

ISSUE 5 ON THE MAY 5 PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTA majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.Shall bonds be issued by the Strongsville City School District for the purpose of constructing, furnishing, equipping, renovating, rehabilitating, remodeling, adding to and otherwise improving School District buildings and facilities, acquiring, clearing, equipping and otherwise improving sites therefor, and demolishing existing buildings and facilities in the principal amount of $147,650,000, to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 36 years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the County Fiscal Officer to average over the repayment period of the bond issue 3.43 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $120 for each $100,000 of the County Fiscal Officer’s market value, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?Propuesta de Emisión de BonosDistrito Escolar de la Ciudad de StrongsvilleSe requiere un voto afirmativo por mayoría para su aprobación.¿Deberá emitir bonos el Distrito Escolar de la Ciudad de Strongsville con el fin de construir, amueblar, equipar, renovar, rehabilitar, remodelar, ampliar y de alguna manera mejorar los edificios e instalaciones del Distrito Escolar, adquirir, despejar, equipar y mejorar de otra forma los emplazamientos para los mismos, y demoler edificios e instalaciones existentes en la cantidad capital de $147,650,000, que se pagará anualmente durante un período máximo de 36 años, y recaudar un impuesto anual sobre la propiedad fuera del límite de diez milésimos, calculado por el Funcionario Fiscal del Condado para promediar durante el período de pago del bono emitido de 3.43 milésimos por cada $1 de valoración tributaria, lo cual representa $120 por cada $100,000 del valor de mercado atribuido por el Funcionario Fiscal del Condado, comenzando en el 2026, con el primer pago con vencimiento en el año calendario del 2027, para pagar los cargos anuales de la deuda en los bonos, y para pagar los cargos de la deuda en los pagarés emitidos en anticipación a dichos bonos?

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    Yes - For the Measure

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    No - Against the Measure

This school district request is for a bond issue to support capital improvements (physical buildings and related expenditures). Bond issue millage is a smaller burden than school district operating levies.

The school district's explanation for its need for the bond issue funds can be found here: www.scsmustangs.org/our-district/master-facilities

And here is a Plain Dealer article about the district's request: www.cleveland.com/community/2026/01/strongsville-school-board-as-expected-places-343-bond-issue-on-may-ballot-a-cost-breakdown.html
The failure of the bond issue at the polls would mean that property taxes in the district would not increase. While a local political group has pushed back on previous school operating levies in the district, there does not yet appear to be organized opposition to this bond issue.