Perry schools tax-levy hike receives 61.6 percent of vote

Wednesday, November 7, 2001

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perryville Elementary School students jumped up and down, waved their arms and shouted for joy when they learned a 50-cent tax-levy increase passed Tuesday, allowing them to preserve extracurricular activities in the school district from financial elimination.

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