ROOSEVELT

Spending

$146,713,706, a 6.79% increase from the current $137,389,725.

Tax levy

1% increase, from $24,037,719 to $24,278,096. This is within the district’s 1.7% tax-cap limit, so a simple majority vote is required for approval. 

Teacher pay, jobs

The proposed budget includes 1% teacher salary increases. The district does not plan to add or reduce teaching staff.

Candidates

The terms are one and three years. Vote for 2, elected by seat.

Charlena Hamlin-Croutch (incumbent) is unopposed for a three-year term. Challenger Jeremy A. Mayo is no longer running for her seat. Alfred T. Taylor and Regina L. Williams are running for a one-year term remaining on the seat of Susan E. Gooding, who retired.

When | Where

6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Roosevelt High School, 1 Wagner Ave., and Centennial Avenue Elementary School, 140 West Centennial Ave.