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2.19 percent levy approved by Eldorado school board

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Eldorado school board approved a 2.19 percent levy during Thursday&#39;s meeting.

"With this levy I&#39;m rather certain we&#39;re the only district in the radius not taxing at the maximum in education," Superintendent Gary Siebert said.

He said his and the board&#39;s philosophy has been to tax enough to run the schools and be considerate to taxpayers.

The levy total is $1,786,000. Of that $1,100,000 is for the education fund, $235,000 for operations and maintenance, $90,000 for transportation, $23,000 for working cash, $133,000 for municipal retirement, $135,000 for social security, $50,000 for tort immunity and $20,000 for special education.

Siebert said it is possible the levy next year may be higher, even 5 percent or more which requires a hearing if funding from the state lags greatly behind this year.

During the meeting, the board:

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Accepted the resignation of Jennifer Kaiser as seventh grade girls basketball coach and hired Taylor Wheeler for that position.

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Accepted the resignation of Jacquie Langley as assistant high school girls basketball coach.</li>

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Increased the time of Sara Lands, a 3/7 time teacher at the Eldorado Elementary School to 4/7 time.

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The board changed the November meeting to Nov. 16.

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DeNeal receives e-mail at mailto:bdeneal@yourclearwave.com.</li>

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