The Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department is considering four outstanding proposals and would like to know which one the community prefers. A focus will be placed on universal design to provide both suspended and ground elements for the play structure, as well as new styles and more swings to add to options at the loved playground. That same goal stands true today for the equipment we plan to renovate. The new equipment is being selected as part of the Playground for All initiative at Indian Riffle Park, which was established in 1992 to provide opportunities for kids of all abilities. Follow the survey link to see photos of the new equipment options and vote for your favorite! It will complement the upgrade that was installed a number of years ago at the playground area for kids ages 5-12. The playground equipment at Indian Riffle Park is getting a facelift! We are updating the 20-year-old playground area for children ages 2-5 with new equipment, swings and surfacing. Indian Riffle Elementary School 3090 Glengarry Drive Kettering, OH, 45420-1227 (937) 499-1720 Ms. “It’s not a threat, it’s just inevitable that (cuts) are what will happen,” he said.Help us choose new playground equipment for Indian Riffle Park! Voting takes less than five minutes. Inskeep said if voters reject the levy, the district would make some cuts in personnel and programming next summer, and would seek a levy in 2019. RELATED: Kettering schools to move administrative offices I wish we weren’t out having to do this, but because we’re reliant on property tax, that’s the nature of the business.” “I believe our community will give us the district they want us to have, and they’ll do the very best they can. Kettering has remained stable on state test performance, ranking 12th of 44 local districts each of the past three years, and earning a “B” in student growth each year. Superintendent Scott Inskeep said Kettering has been able to hire better teachers than some districts, in part because of solid pay. This ballot issue would fund personnel, which is the largest expense for almost all school districts.ĪUDIT: Improper payment made to Kettering school worker The 2016 levy was for non-personnel issues such as computers, athletic fields, roofs and a multimillion-dollar high school auditorium. The current levy is larger than the 4.9-mill operating levies Kettering voters approved in 2007, 20. “So this (levy) request now helps us address those needs quicker, better and more cost effectively than if we waited.” “Those costs, along with the normal cost of doing business, are driving our numbers up faster than what we would have hoped,” Schall said. RELATED: Kettering school only local winner of national blue ribbon In a 2016 mailer touting Kettering schools’ “fiscally conservative approach,” district officials said if voters approved that year’s permanent, 3.4-mill facilities levy, it would “keep the Kettering City Schools off the ballot for new money until at least 2019.” Treasurer Dan Schall said the district is back on the ballot a year earlier because of increasing costs in special education, health and mental health, as well as the proposed program expansions. It would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $209 annually and would raise $7.5 million per year for a district with a $94 million annual budget. The levy would pay for day-to-day operating expenses. RELATED: Kettering rolls out strategic plan for schools School officials said the levy is needed because of increased costs in several areas, plus a desire to expand career-tech education, increase security, and add all-day kindergarten for the first time. Voters are deciding today on a new, permanent 5.99-mill Kettering City Schools tax levy request that was placed before voters a year earlier than the district had first planned.
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