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Bethel-Tate is working on passing levy issue 14, it is a 6.6 mill five-year emergency school levy, generating 1.1 million per year. The levy will cost a $100,000 household $20 a month. The Bethel-Tate school district has not had an operating levy since 1989 and they added a new school building in 2002 and are still operating on the same rate as in 1989 ( Tiger pride community wide). The levy is a big deal in Bethel-Tate and there are two solutions to this issue and it is simply you either are for the levy or against it. There are many reasons and many different opinions as to whether people should be for or against the levy and these will affect what happens to the Bethel-Tate school district. There are three sides in the community, you are either for the levy, against the levy or you don't care because it does not really matter to you. The people who want it to pass are most likely those whose children are students at bethel-Tate or they work for the school. Those who are against it are most likely the people who are possible older and just …show more content…

There was a lot of talk in the community of Bethel-Tate this year on where the schools money goes, this chatter was a result from the fall sports because parents were upset because they thought that some teams got more money than others. Some of these parents are most likely still skeptical on what happens with the money and do not want to give up more because they think that the same thing will happen with the sports teams again. Most parents do not want to give up their hard earned money to a school if they are not sure it will benefit their child or not. With the school not telling these people where their money is going, they have no reason not to vote

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