The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun by and through the West Virginia Board ofEducation, acting in lieu thereof, pursuant to W. Va. Code§ 12-2E-5(p)(4)(C). David Roach, State Superintendent of Schools, adopted the following Order:
ORDER
After full consideration thereof, The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun, being of theopinion that the maximum levis for current expenses authorized by Article 8, Chapter 11, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, will not provide sufficient funds for the payment of the general current expenses of schools in Calhoun County, including expenditures for the purpose hereinafter stated, during the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, July 1 2024, July 1 2025; and July !, 2026, and has ascertained that the amounts hereinafter shown in excess of the amounts raised by regular levies will be needed byThe Board of Education of the County of Calhoun during each of the said four (4) fiscal years, and that anelection should be held to increase such levies, in conformity with the law, hereby ORDERS and DECLARES:
I. The purpose for which such additional funds are needed is the payment of the general current expenses of The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun as follows:
| PURPOSE FOR WHICHAMOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDEDEACH PURPOSE | |
| InstructionalTo provide funds to support student learning in each school. Eachschool will receive funds for supplemental materials for classrooms as voted on by each faculty senate. The Calhoun High School will receive funds to support CTE programs.Funds will be used for emichment activities for the students. Fundswill be used to support coaches’ salaries and after-school programs. | $168,349 |
| Maintenance of BuildingsFunds will be used to maintain AES, PHE and CMHS.To provide funds to repair and maintain all school facilities, to start the renovations to the HVAC at CMHS update the lights and sound to theauditorium at CMHS.. To further make school | $200,000 |
| improvements not funded by the School Building Authority (SBA) | |
| FacilitiesThe upgrades will be a multi-year project of turf on the footballfield, lights on the softball and baseball fields, and refinishing of the floors of the gymnasium. | $300,000 |
| TOTAL | $668,349 |
The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun is hereby authorized, empowered, and obligated to expand, during the terms of this levy, the surplus, if any, accruing in excess of the above amounts needed for any of the above-state purposes, plus excess collections due to increased assessed valuations will beallocated at the end of each fiscal year for the improvement of facilities and maintenance of buildings, to be allocated at the end of each fiscal year.
2. The approximate amount considered necessary for said purposes in said four (4) fiscal years is the smn of $668,349, annually.
3. The total amount necessmy to cany out the above purposes, after making reasonable allowances for uncollected taxes and shrinkage, is $668,349.
4. The separate and aggregate valuation of each class of taxable property within the Calhoun County School District certified on June 29, 2022, is as follows.
| CLASS OF TAXABLE PROPERTY | ASSESSED VALUATION |
| Class I | $0 |
| Class II | $103,126 |
| Class III | $599,767 |
| Class IV | $718,191 |
| AGGREGATE | $668,349 |
5. The proposed additional rate oflevy, in cents per each one hundred dollars in value on each class of property within Calhoun County School District for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, and July 2020, is as follows:
| Class I | 4.97¢ |
| Class II | 9.94¢ |
| Class III | 19.88¢ |
| Class IV | 19.88¢ |
6. The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun reserves unto itself, as the levying body, the right, and authority to reduce the rates of the excess levy, should increased assessments produce funds beyond projected needs in any year specified in the levy call in accordance with section six-g, article eight, chapter eleven, of the West Virginia Code.
7. The years to which the additional levy shall apply if authorized by the voters, are the fiscalyears beginning July 1, 2023, July1, 2024, July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.
8. The question of such additional levies shall be submitted to a vote in the Calhoun County School District, which embraces Calhoun County, West Virginia, at an election to be held in said county on November 8, 2022.
9. Ifa majority of the voters at the election to be held on November 8, 2022, approves the proposed additional levies for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, July I, 2024, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, the said Board of Education of the County of Calhoun will not issue bonds.
10. In the event The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun shall obtain additional money bygrant or otherwise from the state or federal government, or from any agency of either, or from any other source, for the purposes aforesaid, such additional money may be used either in substitution for or in addition to, the sums obtained from such additional levies as said Board of Education ofthe County of Calhoun may from time to time determine.
11. Notice of said election to authorize such additional levies shall be given by publication of notice thereof at least once a week or two successive weeks within fourteen (14) consecutive days next preceding the election. The notice shall be published in the Calhoun County Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation in Calhoun County.
12. The official ballot to be used in the election herein provided shall be in the form as follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
The Board of Education ofthe County of Calhoun
Election to Authorize Additional Levies November 8, 2022
Election to authorize additional levies for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, July 1,2024, July 1 2025, and July 1, 2026, in the total amount of $668,349 annually, for the purpose of paying the general current expenses of The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun, for the following purposes:
| PURPOSE FOR WHICH ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARENEEDED | AMOUNT FOR EACHPURPOSE |
| InstructionalTo provide funds to support student learning in each school. Eachschool will receive funds for supplemental materials for classrooms as voted on by each faculty senate. The Calhoun High School will receive funds to support CTE programs.Funds will be used for enrichment activities for the students. Funds will be used to support coaches’ salaries and after- school programs. | $168,349 |
| Maintenance of BuildingsFunds will be used to maintain AES, PHE and CMHS.To provide funds to repair and maintain all school facilities, to start the renovations to the HVAC at CMHS update the lights and sound to the auditorium at CMHS. To futiher make school improvement not funded by the School Building Authority (SBA). | $200,000 |
| FACILITIESThe upgrades will be a multi-year project of turf on the footballfield, lights on the softball and baseball fields, and refinishing of the floors of the gymnasium. | $300,000 |
| TOTAL | $668,349 |
The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun is hereby authorized, empowered,and obligated to expand, during the terms of this levy, the surplus, if any, accruing in excess of the above amounts needed for any of the above-state purposes, plus excess collections due to increased assessed valuations will be allocated at the end of each fiscal year for the improvement of facilities and maintenance of buildings, to be allocated at the end of each fiscal year.
The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun reserves unto itself as the levying body the right and authority to reduce the rates of the excess levy should increase assessments and producefunds beyond projected needs in any year specified in the levy call in accordance with section six-g, chapter eleven, of the West Virginia Code.
In the event The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun shall obtain additional money, by grant or otherwise, from the state or federal government, or from any agency of either, or from any other source, for the purposes aforesaid, such additional money may be used either in substitution foror in addition to, the sums obtained from such additional levies as said The Board of Education of the County of Calhoun from time to time determine.
The additional levies, per each one hundred dollars in value, shall be on
Class 1 property, 4.97¢,
on Class II property, 9.94¢,
on Class III property, 19.88¢, and,
on Class IV property, 19.88¢.
For the Levies□
Against the Levies□
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
Thosefavoring the additional levies shall mark after “For the Levies”; those against such levies shall mark after “Against the Levies.”
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE COUNTY OF CALHOUN
Signature of Kelli Whytsell
Kelli Whytsell, Superintendent of Calhoun County Schools
