Excess Levy News Today

Cabell County Libraries Director Breana Bowen laid it all out in a public meeting on April 29: The excess levy proposed by Cabell County Schools will totally gut our current, comprehensive library network.

So much has been written and so much has been said. Lines have been drawn in the sand.

When Cabell County voters go to the polls for the May 14 primary election, I hope they will register a resounding “No!” to the ill-conceived school excess levy the Cabell County Board of Education has placed on the ballot.

"A negative vote on this issue based on anger is a bad idea. It wont hurt the board members or superintendent the most. The real victims will be the children of Cabell County."

PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) – Mercer County residents have the chance to vote on something that has been in effect for 60 years. The Mercer County Schools Excess Levy must be approved by the community before going into effect. The Excess Levy total is over $15 million. If approved, it will support extracurricular activities, public libraries, […]

"The Cabell County Democratic and Republican executive committees have both publicly endorsed a "no" vote on the school excess levy in May. "

Supporters and opponents of the Cabell County Schools excess levy are in talks to come to a compromise before ballot language must be approved later this week.

The West Virginia Supreme Court sided with the Cabell County Board of Education in a decision Feb. 22, 2024, that reversed a December 2023 circuit court ruling regarding the board’s excess levies and funding for the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District and the Cabell County Public Library.

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HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Schools Board of Education will take interventionists into account when prioritizing its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, according to Superintendent Ryan Saxe after a