🏫Most Southwest Ohio school levies failed Tuesday, and districts are warning of cuts

If you have kids in a local school, Tuesday's ballot went both ways. Lakota Local, Cincinnati Public Schools and Sycamore passed new measures, but eight local school funding measures failed, and six of those were new income taxes. About 61% of voters backed the Cincinnati Public Schools levy, the district's first passed levy in more than a decade.

• Northwest Local: higher costs for students to play sports
• Lebanon: projected deficit of about $8.5 million in 2030
• Fairfield and Franklin: staff cuts anticipated
• North College Hill: 10 to 15 positions could go

Northwest Local Superintendent Darrel Yater said the district must cut about $7 million from its 2027-2028 budget after voters turned down a 1.5% earned income tax. In Lebanon, Superintendent Isaac Seevers said property tax revenue is dropping about $13 million over three years. North College Hill lost a proposed 1.25% earned income tax and is preparing another $1.8 million in reductions.