🏫Fairfield City Schools must cut $11 million after voters rejected the levy

If you have a child in Fairfield City Schools, cuts are coming. Voters rejected the proposed 1.25-mill earned income tax Nov. 3, 52% to 48%, and it's the second straight earned income tax loss since May. Fairfield was one of several Greater Cincinnati districts where voters turned down levies that day.

Dozens of residents packed Thursday night's board meeting, most speaking up for arts and early education. The board had already approved its reduction list, which includes elementary and middle school arts programs. Members said more than once that it's a math problem, and that without new revenue there's nothing they can do.

• Positions already eliminated: nearly 84, not counting programming cuts
• Cut from this year's operating budget: $5.7 million
• Possible next step: another levy try in May, type undecided