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School Bond Issue in Strongsville Passes

Margin is close enough for a recount on Issue 116

By Debbie Palmer
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November 27, 2012

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Issue 116, the bond issue for the Strongsville schools, has passed by 83 votes, according to final numbers released by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections show.

Official results from the elections board, released Tuesday afternoon, show the issue won 11,530 to 11,447.

"We're happy -- we continue to move in a positive direction," Superintendent John Krupinski said. "I'd like to thank the community for their trust in us."

The margin is within one-half of 1 percent, which means there will be a recount.

The fate of the issue, which was ahead by 3 votes at the end of Election Day, has been up in the air until late absentee and up to 698 provisional ballots could be counted.

"I think this is something everyone's going to embrace," said Ward 3 Councilman Jim Carbone, who worked with school officials to draft and promote the plan. "This is the injection the schools and community needed."

The $81 million bond issue will pay to build a new middle school on the site of the existing Center Middle School, make improvements -- including new technology -- to Strongsville High School and make repars to elementary schools.

Krupinski said the Cuyahoga County results showed the issue passed by 109 votes. The district then added in the Lorain County votes, which cut the margin to 83.

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sportsman

6:10 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

BLA BLA BLA SO who did they pay off to get the votes

Rick Cook

6:52 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Brought to you by the same folks that gave us the FBI the last couple of years.

Romney guy

10:23 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

What a joke! In this day of tight budgets we do not need a 5 million $ performing arts center. And better yet put more money into the hands of an incompetent school administration and school board. Future enrollments will be on the decline; why did they not maintain what they had. Let's have more double dipping; Eichar,Miller, etc!!!

George Grozan

8:18 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

As taxpayer you have the right/responsibility to hold the entire school system accountable for their spending of our tax dollars. Just put your real name on the question or simple standup at a board meeting and ask!

lyn

10:31 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

That doesn't help when it comes to a difference of opinion regarding whether it is necessary to have a $5million performing arts center for the middle school kids. So, others in the community may use it - but should that be a school expenditure? Matter of opinion - and the voters said yes.

Also, when they come to the community and ask for monies when that request is based on studies of like construction of schools throughout the state - that doesn't speak to the specifics of our district. No one ever, a business or a family, goes into a project without firm numbers - yet here we approve millions of dollars based on a guesstimate. We all know that building by the high school and at Center would entail different layout of funds. Yet when they proposed the amount needed, they didn't know where it would be built. That number was just a guesstimate. If someone wants to build a 2200 sq. ft. house, do they just go with the average of what one would cost? Certainly not! There are too many variables involved - you have the low end and the high end. One would base this on better, solid info of what you intend to actually construct.

lyn

9:58 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

I did some further "research"...

11,523 FOR
11,414 AGAINST
2,121 Over/Under votes
As per: http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_boe/en-US/ElectionResults2012/Nov2012/11062012officialResultsbyPrecinctCategory.HTM

Votes in Lorain County for School Issue,
7 FOR
33 AGAINST
As per: http://www.loraincountyelections.com/2012_general_election2.htm

25,356 Total ballots cast all Strongsville precincts
As per: http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_boe/en-US/ElectionResults2012/Nov2012/11062012officialResultsbyPrecinctTotals.HTM

So, based on above official results:
25,356 total ballots cast in Strongsville
40 ballots cast in Lorain County regarding this issue
-2,121 over/under
-298 ????????????? discrepancy - unexplained difference
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22,977 for/against issue

Assuming the above is correct, we need to know the source of this 298 difference. I double checked my math and these are based on all final election results. But they just do not reconcile to me.
I can understand the reason for a recount - I assume they will be recounting ALL 25,356 ballots cast!!!

lyn

10:17 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Or another, possibly easier way to see the difference, is:
based only on Cuyahoga County BOE final results (not including the 40 Lorain County votes):
11,523 FOR
11,414 AGAINST
2,121 Over/Under votes
_____
25,058
298 ?????? unexplained difference
______
25,356 total ballots cast for Strongsville

lyn

10:35 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Debbie-
Whats with the highlighting of some words within the comments? They appear as links -but we are not inserting them. I've been trying to delete comments and rewrite when they appear.

Debbie Palmer

10:43 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Lyn, not sure. I'm only seeing links highlighted in blue. If you put in a website, the system automatically makes it a link. Is it highlighting other comments too?

lyn

11:15 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Debbie-
Yes. My 10:31 comment above has " state " highlighted - strange, before it had the word schools highlighted. And see "Romney guy" comment, it has " school administration " highlighted.
Seems to be picking select words, and even changing which words when come back late - thought might be connecting to ads.