School measures pick up support
11 districts seek approval for parcel taxes or bonds
Voters in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties appeared to be strongly supporting a raft of school bonds a in early returns Tuesday, while a parcel tax in the San Bruno School District appeared to be trailing. Eleven school districts in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties were seeking voter approval for bond or parcel taxes. The bond measures needed to win 55 percent of the vote to pass; parcel taxes required two- thirds approval.
Funds raised would go toward school repairs, new classrooms, technology upgrades and other improvements
Funds raised from the bonds would go toward school repairs, new classrooms, technology upgrades and other improvements.
Measure H, in San Jose Unified, was leading by 69 percent in early returns Tuesday. The bond measure would authorize $ 290 million in bonds to pay off previous debt, add and upgrade technology and science labs, and improve safety.
Measure I, in the East Side Union High School District, was leading by 69 percent in early returns. The measure would authorize $ 120 million in bonds to upgrade science labs, improveme safety, and repair and build classrooms. Measure J, in the Alum Rock School District, was leading by 77 percent; Measure K in Berryessa Union School District was leading by 76 percent; Measure L in Mount Pleasant School District was leading by 71 percent.
In San Mateo County, early returns showed strong voter support for Measure D in the Burlingame School District. The measure would authorize $ 56 million in bonds to modernize facilities, science labs, upgrade technology, add and improve classrooms or reopen Hoover.
Also receiving strong support were Measure E in the Jefferson Union High School District, , Measure H in the San Carlos School District and Measure I in the Jefferson Elementary School District.
Measure G, a parcel tax in the San Bruno School District, had slightly more than 55 percent in early returns but appeared to be falling short of the two- thirds vote required.