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The school board voted 3-0 Monday night to go again to the polls. Trent Snowden and Jeff Chapman were not at the meeting.
The board also ratified a new three-year contract with its teachers' union.
The 0.5- and 0.75-percent income tax levies will expire in 2015 and 2016, respectively, and have been on the books since the early 1990s.
In May, both levy renewal requests were soundly defeated.
But those requests were to renew the issues to a continuing length of time, meaning they will never expire, rather than the five years that has been asked for the last 20 years.
"That seemed to be the biggest complaint in the district," said Superintendent Tony Borton about the change in levy length.
"We have listened carefully to the public," he added Monday. "They're so crucial to the running of the district in years to come."
The staggered levies, earmarked for operating expenses, were last approved by voters in 2009 with overwhelming support.