Of the 18,673 ballots counted, 14,799, or about 80 percent, were absentee.Despite the narrowness of the win - or perhaps because of it - school district teachers, administrators, students, parents and other supporters were jubilant at the Givens Community Center Feb. 6.At the center of it all stood Civilla, wearing a gold paper crown lettered with Levy Guy and a scepter spray painted gold.