SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Initial results of Tuesday’s Spokane County Special Election show the Orchard Prairie School District’s proposed bond passing.
As of 8:30 p.m. on April 22, about 64% of voters support the bond, while roughly 35% oppose it.
Voter turnout was about 31%, with nearly 6,200 ballots cast out of the roughly 20,000 registered voters.
If passed, the 30-year, $6.2 million bond would be used to replace outdated school facilities.
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“We don’t have offices. Our nurses station is a little nook downstairs that doesn’t have a door. So, the new building would just be classrooms, cafeteria, multipurpose space, just the bare bones of exactly what our students need and nothing more,” said Katelyn Schuler, Orchard Prairie School Board President.
The bond would cost taxpayers in the district about $221 per $100,000 of assessed property value.
Even if the bond passes, the district said it will still keep the original school house from 1894.
The April Special Election is a partial-county election for residents in Orchard Prairie School District and Spokane County Fire Protection District No. 8 only.
The next ballot count will be on Wednesday with results officially certified on May 2.
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