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;?. ?MA? ?. r y f? . t ,f'° Resolution No 2000-14 entatled, A RESOLUTION IN SUPI'ORT OF i5SUE 204, A 1.9 NIILL bPERATING LEVY, PLACEI? ON THE B.ALLOT BY THE MAYFTELD CTTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Introduced by Muyor .dtinker and Council ars a Whole WHEREAS, the Mayfield City School District has placed Issue 204, a 1.9 mill operating levy, on the November 7, 2000 ballot for the purpose of maintaining a superior level of academics, quality staffing and diverse extracurricular activities; and VVHEREAS, the last levy placed on the ballot by the District in 1995 was expected to last only three years but due to the District's sound fiscal management and efficient operations has lasted five years and, further, the 1.9 mill levy represents the lowest and most prudent reqnest the Board could make, maintaining current programs, staffing levels, no increases due to enrollment and current expenditures with only inflationary inoreases; the current effective millage of the Mayfield Schoals ranks as the tlurd lowest level af millage compared with 31 schooi districts in Cuyahoga County; and WHEREAS, the Mayfield City School District has consistently proven itself to be a superlative public institution, as the following accomplishments from the 1999-2000 school year show: • Twenty-three Mayfield High School students named Advanced Placement Scholars; • Mayfield High Schoot 2000 senior class ranking 22nd out of 611 districts in the 5tate and 5th out of 49 districts in Cuyahoga, Lalce and Geauga counties an comparison of 12th grade proficiency test scores; • The I)istriot scoring 25 out of 27 on the State Proficiency test placing it in the same bracket as the Orange, Chagin, Beachwood, Solon and Hudson districts; • 7 Natianal Merit Finalists as compared to 1 each for Beachwood and Chagrin, 4 for Gilmour, 7 for Hudson, 5 for Solon and 4 for University School; • To date, 6 National Meait semi-finalists in the class of 2001 • Mayfield is one of oNy 38 districts in the State of Ohio to receive K-12 accreditation in the prestigious North Central Association of Schools. WHEREAS, the mechanism of school funding in Ohio, which the State Supreme Court has ruled i• to be unconsritutional, as well as the impact of House Bill 920 provide the Mayfield City School District (which derives only 7% of its revenue from state funding) and every other school district in Ohio with little hedge against inflation, necessitating Qhio schools to submit new levies for voter approval on an ongoing basis; and WHERE.AS, the Administration, Council and the residents of Mayfisld Village have long regarded the iVlayfield City Sehool District as one of the most important assets of the community, recognizing that a quality school system and an educated labor force comprise an invalaable social and economic development resource.