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1. How well informed do you feel about the Monroe Local School District's financial situation?

How well informed do you feel about the Monroe Local School District's financial situation? Well informed

Satisfactorily informed

Inadequately informed

Uninformed

2. What is your primary source of information regarding the financial situation of the Monroe Local School District?

What is your primary source of information regarding the financial situation of the Monroe Local School District? The school district website

The newspaper

The Voice

Project Monroe

Updates from other community members whom I consider to be well informed

Other (please specify)

3. What is the best method of conveying to you information about the Monroe Local School District's financial situation?

What is the best method of conveying to you information about the Monroe Local School District's financial situation? Posting information on the district website

Posting information on a district thread on The Voice and/or Project Monroe

Posting information on a district Facebook page

Publishing commentaries by district leaders in The Observer

Placing inserts in my water bill

Direct mail to my residence

Other (please specify)

4. If the Monroe Local School District places a tax levy on the ballot in August 2012, which would resolve the district's financial deficit, would you support the levy?

If the Monroe Local School District places a tax levy on the ballot in August 2012, which would resolve the district's financial deficit, would you support the levy? I would definitely support the levy IF it would resolve the district's financial crisis.

I would probably support the levy, but need more information and assurances that the District has implemented checks and balances to ensure competency in financial accounting and reporting.

I would probably not support the levy, unless drastic changes are made.

I would defintely not support the levy, period.

5. If the district was considering either a 1% income tax levy or a 6-mil property tax levy in August 2012, what would your preference be? Assume that each option would raise the same amount of money, approximately $2.4 million of operating money per year, and would be sufficient to resolve the District's operating deficit and pay back the bond retirement fund over the duration of the levy. The property tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $210 per year in additional tax. The earned income tax would tax the earned income of all residents of the district, and would cost a household with $60,000 of earned income $600 per year in additional taxes. Passive income, such as social security, pension income, or income from investments, would NOT be subject to the tax.

If the district was considering either a 1% income tax levy or a 6-mil property tax levy in August 2012, what would your preference be? Assume that each option would raise the same amount of money, approximately $2.4 million of operating money per year, and would be sufficient to resolve the District's operating deficit and pay back the bond retirement fund over the duration of the levy. The property tax would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $210 per year in additional tax. The earned income tax would tax the earned income of all residents of the district, and would cost a household with $60,000 of earned income $600 per year in additional taxes. Passive income, such as social security, pension income, or income from investments, would NOT be subject to the tax. I would support either type of levy, if doing so would resolve the deficit and maintain Monroe's excellent rating.

I would support an income tax levy, but not a property tax levy.

I would support a property tax levy, but not an income tax levy.

I would not support any additional tax, income or property.

6. Pending changes to Ohio policy could require school districts that fall into fiscal emergency to consolidate services with other districts, and in some cases, to merge entirely into neighboring districts. If failure to pass a tax levy would require the Monroe Local School District to merge into a neighboring district, such as Middletown or Lakota, how would that impact your support for the levy?

Pending changes to Ohio policy could require school districts that fall into fiscal emergency to consolidate services with other districts, and in some cases, to merge entirely into neighboring districts. If failure to pass a tax levy would require the Monroe Local School District to merge into a neighboring district, such as Middletown or Lakota, how would that impact your support for the levy? I would already support the levy regardless of the consolidation issue.

I would be more likely to support a levy to prevent consolidation into another district.

I would be less likely to support a levy if failure would cause consolidation into another district.

I would still not support a levy despite the consolidation issue.

7. Does your household include children who attend the Monroe Local School District?

Does your household include children who attend the Monroe Local School District? Yes

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