WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Pared school bond measure on Feb. 8 ballot

Rachel Rosen reports from the Oak Harbor School District board meeting of Oct. 10, 2022.

The Oak Harbor school board approved a resolution to place a $121 million school bond measure on the February 2023 ballot….

In February of this year, voters shot down a larger, $184 million bond measure that would have funded construction of three new elementary schools, the learning center and a new transportation center. The measure, which needed a 60% supermajority to pass, received less than 45% of the vote.

They Said It

“This is our second attempt at passing a bond resolution to construct elementary schools for our students,” Vice President Erik Mann said. “We have, again, a monumental opportunity to leverage a significant contribution from the Department of Defense and a contribution by the state to bring the cost for those three facilities down.”