Area School Levy Referendum vote results

Lac qui Parle Valley passed 484-118, 80% yes.

Montevideo failed 913-807.

West Central Area schools voted down their levy 497-571.

Levies passed in Cyrus, Brandon, Ulen-Hitterdahl, Holdingford, Eden Valley-Watkins, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, and Detroit Lakes.

Levy votes failed in Perham, Pelican Rapids, Paynesville Area, and Kimball Area.

From the Fergus Falls Journal:
Meanwhile, a levy referendum for the Ashby School District passed by only two votes, according to Superintendent Allan Jensen. Voters approved a five-year $317,000 operating levy by a vote margin of 309 to 307.

Jensen said Wednesday he hopes the levy will help district officials avoid the kind of cuts they made last spring, when $170,000 was eliminated from the budget.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to avoid doing that down the road,” he said.