The Buckeye district’s seven-point-nine mill levy was approved by two-thirds of the vote, marking the first increase in operating money in 18 years. If the levy had failed, the district was facing drastic cuts including shortened school days and the layoffs of 19 teachers and 17 other employees. The cuts would have pushed the district down to state minimum standards. Buckeye Superintendent Brian Williams.

“We’re not making the cuts we indicated we would make if the levy failed, but we’re also not looking at adding anything. We want to continue offering a quality education at an affordable price to our community. So this money will help us maintain the programs we have, and hopefully allow us to operate for another 5 years. So we’re going to do our best to be responsible and stretch this money as far as we can.”