Mountain View-Whisman, Franklin-McKinley may pass
Many other districts’ measures appear headed for defeat
With more than a third of the votes counted in Santa Clara County, bond measures in Mountain View-Whisman and Franklin-McKinley school districts appeared headed for approval Tuesday, while many other South Bay parcel tax and bond measures were falling short.
Early returns showed bond measures in Berryessa and Moreland school districts passing by a slight margin.
Several South Bay districts were seeking bonds and parcel tax measures aimed at keeping them afloat amid declining enrollment, mounting pension liabilities, insufficient state funds and crumbling facilities.
Hoping to ease the financial burden on employees struggling to find affordable housing, the East Side Union School District was pushing Measure J, a $60 million bond to build a 100-unit rental housing development.
The Mountain ViewWhisman School District was seeking a bond of $18.6 million per year. Measure T is slated to pump $259 million into schools over a decade to pay for refurbishing existing classrooms, replacing aging roofs and equipment and upgrading inefficient heating and ventilation systems.
Campbell Union Elementary School District was pushing Measure P, a $98 annual parcel tax, estimated to raise $2.36 million annually to help attract and retain teachers, offer competitive staff salaries and sustain strong academic programs.
Campbell Union High School District was seeking a new annual parcel tax of $298 for the next eight years. Measure K would bring in $16.6 million to increase salaries for teachers, add more mental health services and improve career prep coursework.
The Oak Grove School District’s Measure S is a nine-year, $132 annual parcel tax that would generate about $3.4 million a year to improve the district’s hiring and training practices for teachers and expand science and mathematics education.
Union School District’s Measure Q parcel tax measure would raise $1.9 million annually to help ease a $3.7 million budget deficit over the next three years, and help fund more science, math and tech programs for students, upgrade teacher training and maintain arts, music and physical education programs.
Portola Valley School District’s Measure P parcel tax would raise an estimated $1.2 million annually for eight years to enhance STEM education, limit class size increases, maintain foreign language classes and retain qualified and experienced teachers by increasing salaries.
The Moreland School District was asking voters to approve Measure M, an $80 million bond measure that would raise $5.7 million annually to replace leaky roofs and aging infrastructure in its seven schools.
The Franklin-McKinley School District was seeking an $80 million bond. Measure R would raise $5.2 million annually through 2050 to help fund facility upgrades at its 16 schools.
Evergreen School District was asking voters to approve Measure V, a $125 million bond that would raise about $7.3 million annually to increase access to technology, expand school pickup and drop-off areas and replace school security alarms and monitoring systems.
Meanwhile, the Berryessa Union School district was pushing bond Measure U, expected to raise about $98 million to modernize aging school facilities, upgrade classroom technology and improve school safety and security.