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Prop A: Ensuring safe, maintained schools for current and future students

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The Mehlville School District Board of Education voted unanimously Aug. 21, 2025, to place a levy on the November 4, 2025, ballot that would not increase the current tax rate. Called Proposition A, the levy would fund the upkeep of school roofs, buses, parking lots, technology and safety systems, and HVAC – preserving and protecting district facilities for generations of students.

Proposition A would generate an estimated $1.4 million annually for recurring maintenance needs by making a temporary tax levy permanent and reallocating a small portion of the district’s existing debt service levy from Proposition S. The proposal, which would not increase the current tax rate, requires voter approval in the November 4, 2025, election. Prop A would provide long-term stability for essential infrastructure like roofing, school buses, technology equipment, parking lot maintenance, HVAC and building safety – all of which directly impact our students’ daily learning experience.

What’s being proposed

Specifically, Prop A would:

  • Make permanent a temporary capital levy, originally approved by voters in 2016. That levy generates about $822,000 each year and sunsets after fiscal year 2026. To date, 80% of this funding has been used to replace aging roofs. This levy is estimated at 3.26 cents.
  • Redirect 2.4 cents from the 12-cent Proposition S debt service levy to the operating fund. As the district pays down its existing bond obligations, an estimated 2.4 cents of the levy is no longer required to make minimum debt service payments. This tax transfer would add an estimated $605,000 in annual revenue.
  • Require that funds generated by the combined 5.66 cents be used to replace buses and maintain essential infrastructure like roofing, parking lots, technology and security, and HVAC. This ensures ongoing maintenance even in times of economic hardship.
  • Together, these changes would provide an estimated $1.4 million per year without increasing the current tax rate.

Why this matters

Many of the district’s capital needs are ongoing and predictable. Each year, the district expects to spend $850,000 on roofing, $700,000 on school buses, $325,000 on parking lot maintenance, and $450,000 on technology equipment and infrastructure.

Mehlville School District spends about $2.3 million annually on these predictable and necessary maintenance needs. The proposed $1.4 million covers about 61 percent of the listed recurring needs and would provide a consistent, stable and long-term funding stream, allowing the district to be more proactive with maintenance.

Visit the Prop A section of our website to learn more about Prop A, including answers to frequently asked questions.