Colfax board sets $950,000 levy for April vote

After almost a month of sometimes heated public debate, the Colfax school board Monday night unanimously voted to place a special levy request of $950,000 for next year and a $970,000 for 2012 before the voters April 27.

“I am happy. I feel like we met our goal…I feel like the school board listened and did what they needed to do,” said Michelle Miller, former substitute teacher who was part of a campaign to reach voters after the levy failed.

Voters in the school district rejected a $1.3 million levy Feb. 9. The district had proposed that figure with a $325,000 segment to use in the event the...