Moscow Voters Will Consider School Facilities Levy This Fall

Moscow to attempt novel approach to overhaul its aging schools

MOSCOW — Moscow patrons will have the long-awaited chance to overhaul their schools this fall after trustees put a seven-year, $9.37 million per year plant facility levy on the November ballot Wednesday night. The vote followed decades of complaints over the nearly 90-year-old high school, years of discussion over how to update facilities, months of planning by a facility committee, and weeks of presentations to the school board. If the levy, to…

Moscow Voters Will Consider School Facilities Levy This Fall

MOSCOW, ID – Moscow voters will consider a school facilities levy this fall. The Moscow School Board unanimously approved placing a levy on the November ballot during their meeting Wednesday night. The measure would cost about 9.4 million dollars annually for seven years. If approved it would increase property taxes in the Moscow School District by 280 dollars a year for every 100,000 dollars of assessed value. The measure needs 60% super majori…