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Promising Outlook for the Hilliard City School District
Getting any school issue approved by voters in an unpredictable economy is difficult, and the odds going in to this month's election were even at best for Hilliard Schools.  Yet there were a number of things that likely help improve Hilliard area voters' perceptions, with a decidedly positive margin (and perhaps surprisingly so) when all the ballots were cast.
The resolution of the teachers' union contract was as significant as it gets, at least in my opinion.  The key issue involved, participation in health insurance costs to the district, dates back to the last contract negotiations I participated in, back in 1998.  At that time the board stressed that, essentially, it was only a matter of time until the staff across the district became responsible for more of the direct health insurance costs to the district...not unlike what my fellow board members and their neighbors in the public sector had already begun to face in their jobs.  While making calls to raise funds for last March's levy campaign, I was told in no uncertain terms by various business owners and leaders that the contract was a critical issue.
Also important was the overall voter turnout this time around, prompted by clear choices ... more

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