Cheney board adds M & O levy to February ballot

Cheney School District voters will now be asked to approve two measures this coming February.

At its Sept. 10 meeting, the district’s board of directors approved by a 4-0 vote a resolution for a Feb. 10 vote on renewing the district’s three-year educational programs and operations (a.k.a., Maintenance and Operations) levy. On the same ballot, voters will also be asked to approve a measure to raise $44.8 million in general obligation bonds to begin phase one of the high school’s renovation and expansion project.

If approved, the proposed levy will raise $9.3 million in 2016, $9.5 in 2017 and $9...