Cheney High School bond comes up short
School district’s maintenance and operations levy easily passing, board to weigh next steps at Feb. 25 meeting
Last updated 2/19/2015 at 10:50am
With election certification the only step remaining, the Cheney School District is poised to go 1 for 2 with last Tuesday’s special election ballot proposals.
The district’s three-year Educational Programs and Operations (Maintenance and Operations) levy will pass with 65.61 percent yes votes. The levy will raise $9.3 million in 2016, $9.5 in 2017 and $9.7 million in 2017 through levy rates of $3.17, $3.14 and $3.11 per $1,000 of assessed property tax valuation, with the money going to fund a number of programs including many not covered or not covered entirely by state funding.
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