WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – For the second November in a row, Westerville City Schools is seeking taxpayer money via a levy.
A property tax levy measure was defeated in November 2024 by just over 2,000 votes. The November 2025 levy is an earned income levy.
Opposition and support for the levy have become increasingly heated. Founder of the Concerned Citizens of Westerville PAC Doug Krinsky, recently posted a table of data he said describes a different financial story for the WCSD.
Columbus’ new professional football team announces nickname"Senator Andrew Brenner and Representative Beth Lee sent this to me because they got the numbers from the Department of Education and Workforce, so, from top down there, these are the numbers that support Westerville City Schools,” Krinsky said. “It's all 100% going to the School of Public Schools. And they get it all. So, what it showed was over the last five years, they've gotten almost $6 million more, 16.5% more than what they were getting in 2020.”
WSC state support 10 1 25 1_286170281DownloadThe table shows a 16.5% increase in state funding for Westerville City Schools. Westerville Superintendent Angie Hamberg said this data is misleading.
"This is information that does not match our payment reports,” she said. “That includes some support that was provided to private schools and it's just very frustrating, very frustrating that our community is being misled into believing that we're providing false information. All of that information is public information, both through our district and through the state as well, and we want to provide that information so our taxpayers are informed and can see that we're being good stewards of their tax dollars. I understand every voter needs to make their own decision, but when misinformation is purposely being put out there to try to persuade people to try to cast doubt on our integrity, to try to imply that we're lying, we're not being transparent with our community. You know, I just take that personally.”
Westerville City Schools Treasurer and CFO Nicole Marshall worked for the state auditor's office for seven years prior to joining WCSD almost a decade ago.
Ohio lawmakers enacted property tax relief, but it may raise taxes by millions"There's lots of different ways that data can be represented, and it's easy to, do calculations and make things show one way or another,” Marshall said. “The information that I share, you can tie directly back to our audited financial statements. The Department of Education and Workforces payment reports. It's important to me to be able to provide sources and links to all of the information that I'm providing, which I work very hard to do with our community. And I'm just a little surprised when I see a random PDF thrown into the world, and it's presented as factual information.”
Brenner, a Republican, confirmed he shared the data from the table with Krinsky. Brenner said he received the data from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, but it doesn't match the data posted on the website.
Lindsay Bobb is also campaigning against the levy in November.
"I am confident in the information that is being presented, but I'm also just a resident,” Bobb said. “I am so disappointed that it is this hard to get numbers and facts that no one can argue with.”
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"We have lost 765 kids, but over that same time period, we've gained 171 teachers,” she said. “Well, why is the staffing increasing when the enrollment is decreasing so much?”
NBC4 reached out to the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce multiple times for this report, but has not received a response as of publication.
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