According to unofficial results from the Ottawa County Board of Elections, voters in the Benton-Carroll-Salem Local School District passed two renewal levies on the November 5th ballot by a margin of 72% for and 28% against. One of the levies was a renewal of an operating expenses levy originally passed in August, 2000, and the other was a renewal of a permanent improvement levy originally passed in November, 1979.
Responding to the passage of the two renewal levies, B-C-S Superintendent Guy Parmigian commented that the passage of the two renewal levies was “an important victory for the students and community of B-C-S School District.” Parmigian went on to comment: “On behalf of our students, staff, and Board of Education, I wish to thank the citizens of B-C-S School District for their support. To honor the support of our citizens, we will continue to be fiscally responsible with hard-earned taxpayer dollars, and do our best to be responsive to the needs of our community.”