At a meeting of the Board of Education of the County of Kanawha, held on July 9.
2018, the following order was offered by Mr. Cavender, and duly seconded by Ms.
Jordon, and was adopted by a vote of five (5) in favor and none (0) opposed:
ORDER
After full consideration thereof, The Board of Education of the County of Kanawha,
being of the opinion that the maximum levies for current expenses authorized by
Article 8, Chapter 11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, will not
provide sufficient funds for the payment of the general current expenses of schools
in Kanawha County, including expenditures for the purposes hereinafter stated,
during the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1,
2022, and July 1, 2023, and have ascertained that the amounts hereinafter shown
in excess of the amounts raised by regular levies will be needed by The Board of
Education of the County of Kanawha during each of said five (5) fiscal years, and
that an election should be held to increase such levies, in conformity with law, it is
hereby ordered and declared:
(1) The purpose for which such additional funds are needed is the payment of the
general current expenses of The Board of Education of the County of Kanawha, as
follows:
Purpose for Which Additional Funds are Needed in Each Fiscal Year
Professional, Service and Substitute Salary - Including, but not limited to,
professional, service and substitute salaries, salaries of professional and service
personnel in excess of 200 days, salaries for professionals and service in excess of
state funding limit, salaries of non-certified personnel and minimum salaries fixed
by law and supplemental salaries, FICA taxes, unemployment taxes, worker's
compensation taxes, retirement, dental, vision, and income protection; Textbooks,
Supplies, Postage, Insurance, Contracted Services and Travel -Including, but not
limited to, printing, copying, school, warehouse, custodial, library, office,
vocational, and health supplies, postage, textbooks, insurance, travel, instructional
activities and staff development, legal services, distance learning, special
education residential placements, pest management, extended school, financial
audit, energy management, bus drug and alcohol testing, and fire alarm
inspections; Construction, Repairs, Maintenance, operational supplies, equipment,
rentals, and/or other expenses -Including, but not limited to, construction, building
repairs, roof replacement, asbestos projects, structural repairs, fire code
corrections, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, equipment maintenance,
paving, bus maintenance and/or additional curricular needs of the schools, garage,
building supplies, grounds supplies, equipment supplies and vehicle supplies,
maintenance equipment, vehicle replacement, lab equipment, administrative
equipment, school equipment, vacuums, copiers, gasoline tanks, transportation

 equipment, school copier rentals, computer leases, data communications, drivers'
education car rentals, communication equipment, fire service fees, commercial
drivers’ licenses, refunds and other miscellaneous expenses; * 12 Custodians and
Maintenance (including fringe benefits) Alum Creek, Andrews Heights, Central,
Chamberlain, Chesapeake, Grandview, Holz, Kenna, Lakewood, Malden, Marmet,
Mary Ingles, Midland Trail, Montrose, Overbrook, Richmond, Ruffner, Ruthlawn,
Sharon Dawes, Shawnee, Shoals, Sissonville Elementary, Weberwood and Weimer;
*Eight Counselors (including fringe benefits) Pinch, Alban, Nitro, Andrews
Heights, Central, Overbrook, Cross Lanes, Kanawha City, Lakewood, Ruthlawn,
Point Harmony, Elk, Flinn, Montrose, Shoals, Holz, Mary Ingles, Chamberlain,
Weberwood, Marmet and Kenna; *Twelve Elementary Art Teachers.
$39,584,000 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $38,329,000 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$37,118,000 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $35,954,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$34,833,900 in fiscal, year 2023-2024.
Safety and Security Improvements, including but not limited to Intruder Locksets
for Classroom and Door Repair, Camera Upgrades and Visitor/Access Control,
Base Radio Project for Emergency Communications, Panic Alert System for
Teachers, and Door Contact Alarms.
$239,994 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $237,160 in fiscal year 2020-2021, $239,195 in
fiscal year 2021-2022, $232,140 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and $229,711 in fiscal
year 2023-2024.
HVAC Improvements at the following schools and facilities: Elementary Schools:
Alum Creek, Elk Center, Grandview, Kanawha City, Lakewood, Piedmont, Middle
Schools: Dunbar, Stonewall Jackson, High Schools: Capital, George Washington,
Riverside, St. Albans, Sissonville and South Charleston Career Centers: Carver.
$18,577,687 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $18,160,623 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$21,724,769 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $24,229,485 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$25,759,307 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
Roofing Improvements at the following schools and facilities: Elementary Schools:
Belle, Malden, Montrose, Pinch, Ruthlawn, Sharon Dawes, Pratt, Grandview,
Middle Schools: Dunbar, McKinley, High Schools: Capital, Nitro, Riverside, Career
Center: Carver.
$4,869,807 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $4,698,371 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$2,053,500 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $2,440,971 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$1,835,874 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
Athletic Field Turf:

 Installation of athletic turf at the following schools:
High Schools: George Washington, Herbert Hoover, Nitro, Riverside, Sissonville,
South Charleston, St. Albans.
$1,648,512 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $3,494,846 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$3,704,536 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $1,963,404 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$2,081,208 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
*In the event of a school closure or a significant loss of students, amounts
designated for these purposes may be used for other purposes set forth herein.
In the event the amount designated for the purposes set forth above is more than
the amount required for such purpose, any excess funds may be used for any other
purpose set forth above.
The Board of Education of the County is hereby authorized and empowered to
expend, during the term of this levy, the surplus, if any, accruing in excess of the
above amounts needed for any of the above stated purposes, plus excess collections
due to increased assessed valuations for the enrichment, supplementation,
operation, and improvement of educational services and/or facilities in the public
schools of the County of Kanawha.
(2) The approximate amount considered necessary for said purposes in each of the
said five (5) fiscal years is $64,840,000.
(3) The total amount necessary to carry out the above purposes, after making
reasonable allowances for uncollected taxes and shrinkage, is $324,200,000 for the
five years listed above.
(4) The separate and aggregate assessed valuation of each class of taxable property
within the Kanawha County School District for the assessment year ending June
30, 2019, is as follows:
CLASS OF TAXABLE PROPERTY
ASSESSED VALUATION
Class I
$0
Class II (Less Homestead)
$3,784,736,888
Class III
$2,766,089,147
Class IV
$3,288,341,947
AGGREGATE ASSESSED VALUATION
$9,839,167,982
(5) The maximum additional rate of levy in cents per one hundred dollars of
assessed valuation on each class of property within Kanawha County School

 District for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, July 1 2020, July 1, 2021, July
1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, is as follows:
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV

21.91¢ per $100 of assessed valuation
43.82¢ per $100 of assessed valuation
87.64¢ per $100 of assessed valuation
87.64¢ per $100 of assessed valuation

(6) The years to which the additional levy shall apply if authorized by the voters,
are the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022,
and July 1, 2023.
(7) In the event that tax revenues received in any fiscal year are less than the
maximum amount authorized hereunder, expenditures shall be reduced in any
particular category or categories as may be required.
(8) The question of such additional levies shall be submitted to a vote in the
Kanawha County School District which embraces Kanawha County, West Virginia,
at the general election to be held in said County on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
(9) If a majority of the voters at the general election to be held on November 6,
2018, approve the proposed additional levies for the fiscal years beginning July 1,
2019, July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023 the said The Board
of Education of the County of Kanawha will not issue bonds as provided by Section
16, Article 8, Chapter 11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended.
(10) In the event The Board of Education of the County of Kanawha shall obtain
additional money by grant or otherwise from the State or Federal government, or
from any agency of either, or from any other source, for the purposes aforesaid,
such additional money may be used either in substitution for, or in addition to, the
sums obtained from such additional levies as said The Board of Education of the
County of Kanawha may from time to time determine.
(11) Notice of said election to authorize the renewal of such additional levies shall
be given by publication of notice thereof at least once a week for two successive
weeks within fourteen (14) consecutive days next preceding the election in The
West Virginia Gazette-Mail, a newspaper of general circulation in Kanawha
County School District.
(12) The official ballot to be used in the election herein provided shall be in form as
follows:

 OFFICIAL BALLOT
The Board of Education of the County of Kanawha
Election to Authorize Renewal of Additional Levies
November 6, 2018
Special election to authorize additional levies for the fiscal years beginning
July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, for the
purpose of paying the general current expenses of The Board of Education of the
County of Kanawha, for the following purposes, in accordance with the order of the
Board of Education of the County of Kanawha entered on July 9, 2018:
Purposes for Which Additional Funds Are Needed
Professional, Service and Substitute Salary - Including, but not limited to,
professional, service and substitute salaries, salaries of professional and service
personnel in excess of 200 days, salaries for professionals and service in excess of
state funding limit, salaries of non-certified personnel and minimum salaries fixed
by law and supplemental salaries, FICA taxes, unemployment taxes, worker's
compensation taxes, retirement, dental, vision, and income protection; Textbooks,
Supplies, Postage, Insurance, Contracted Services and Travel -Including, but not
limited to, printing, copying, school, warehouse, custodial, library, office,
vocational, and health supplies, postage, textbooks, insurance, travel, instructional
activities and staff development, legal services, distance learning, special
education residential placements, pest management, extended school, financial
audit, energy management, bus drug and alcohol testing, and fire alarm
inspections; Construction, Repairs, Maintenance, operational supplies, equipment,
rentals, and/or other expenses -Including, but not limited to, construction, building
repairs, roof replacement, asbestos projects, structural repairs, fire code
corrections, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, equipment maintenance,
paving, bus maintenance and/or additional curricular needs of the schools, garage,
building supplies, grounds supplies, equipment supplies and vehicle supplies,
maintenance equipment, vehicle replacement, lab equipment, administrative
equipment, school equipment, vacuums, copiers, gasoline tanks, transportation
equipment, school copier rentals, computer leases, data communications, drivers'
education car rentals, communication equipment, fire service fees, commercial
drivers’ licenses, refunds and other miscellaneous expenses; * 12 Custodians and
Maintenance (including fringe benefits) Alum Creek, Andrews Heights, Central,
Chamberlain, Chesapeake, Grandview, Holz, Kenna, Lakewood, Malden, Marmet,
Mary Ingles, Midland Trail, Montrose, Overbrook, Richmond, Ruffner, Ruthlawn,
Sharon Dawes, Shawnee, Shoals, Sissonville Elementary, Weberwood and Weimer;
*Eight Counselors (including fringe benefits) Pinch, Alban, Nitro, Andrews
Heights, Central, Overbrook, Cross Lanes, Kanawha City, Lakewood, Ruthlawn,

 Point Harmony, Elk, Flinn, Montrose, Shoals, Holz, Mary Ingles, Chamberlain,
Weberwood, Marmet and Kenna; *Twelve Elementary Art Teachers.
$39,584,000 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $38,329,000 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$37,118,000 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $35,954,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$34,833,900 in fiscal, year 2023-2024.
Safety and Security Improvements, including but not limited to Intruder Locksets
for Classroom and Door Repair, Camera Upgrades and Visitor/Access Control,
Base Radio Project for Emergency Communications, Panic Alert System for
Teachers, and Door Contact Alarms.
$239,994 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $237,160 in fiscal year 2020-2021, $239,195 in
fiscal year 2021-2022, $232,140 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and $229,711 in fiscal
year 2023-2024.
HVAC Improvements at the following schools and facilities: Elementary Schools:
Alum Creek, Elk Center, Grandview, Kanawha City, Lakewood, Piedmont, Middle
Schools: Dunbar, Stonewall Jackson, High Schools: Capital, George Washington,
Riverside, St. Albans, Sissonville and South Charleston Career Centers: Carver.
$18,577,687 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $18,160,623 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$21,724,769 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $24,229,485 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$25,759,307 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
Roofing Improvements at the following schools and facilities: Elementary Schools:
Belle, Malden, Montrose, Pinch, Ruthlawn, Sharon Dawes, Pratt, Grandview,
Middle Schools: Dunbar, McKinley, High Schools: Capital, Nitro, Riverside, Career
Center: Carver.
$4,869,807 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $4,698,371 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$2,053,500 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $2,440,971 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$1,835,874 in fiscal year 2023-2024.
Athletic Field Turf:
Installation of athletic turf at the following schools:
High Schools: George Washington, Herbert Hoover, Nitro, Riverside, Sissonville,
South Charleston, St. Albans.
$1,648,512 in fiscal year 2019-2020, $3,494,846 in fiscal year 2020-2021,
$3,704,536 in fiscal year 2021-2022, $1,963,404 in fiscal year 2022-2023, and
$2,081,208 in fiscal year 2023-2024.

 *In the event of a school closure or a significant loss of students, amounts
designated for these purposes may be used for other purposes set forth herein.
In the event the amount designated for the purposes set forth above is more than
the amount required for such purpose, any excess funds may be used for any other
purpose set forth above.
In the event that tax revenues received in any fiscal year are less than the
maximum amount authorized hereunder, expenditures shall be reduced in any
particular category or categories as may be required.
The Board of Education of the County is hereby authorized and empowered to
expend, during the term of this levy, the surplus, if any, accruing in excess of the
above amounts needed for any of the above stated purposes, plus excess collections
due to increased assessed valuations for the enrichment, supplementation,
operation, and improvement of educational services and/or facilities in the public
schools of the County of Kanawha.
The maximum additional rate of levy in cents per one hundred dollars of assessed
valuation on each class of property within Kanawha County School District for the
fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, July 1 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, and
July 1, 2023, is as follows:
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV

21.91¢ per $100 of assessed valuation
43.82¢ per $100 of assessed valuation
87.64¢ per $100 of assessed valuation
87.64¢ per $100 of assessed valuation

The years to which the additional levy shall apply if authorized by the voters, are
the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020, July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022,
and July 1, 2023.
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Those favoring the renewal of the additional
levies, darken the oval completely next to "For the Levies"; those against such
levies, darken the oval completely next to "Against the Levies".
() For the Levies
() Against the Levies
I hereby certify that the foregoing Order adopted by the Board of Education of the
County of Kanawha on July 9, 2018, is a true and accurate record of the Board of
Education of the County of Kanawha, West Virginia.

 Ronald E. Duerring
Secretary, Board of Education of the County of Kanawha