Poland school board discusses options after levy failure

POLAND — School board members, at a work session tonight, distilled a few takeaways from the failure in the general election of a ballot measure that asked voters to authorize a $28.3 million bond issue and accompanying tax levies to build a new school.

Sixty-two percent of Poland voters voted against the proposal.

No action was taken and agreement was not reached on any issues, but school board members seemed to reach a consensus on two points: that a plan to build a new school is the right path for the district to take, and that the March primary election is too soon to bring the issue back to voters.

The conundrum that school district officials continuously reiterated at the session is this: While voters might be more inclined to approve a different measure – such as a permanent-improvement levy to raise funds for the millions of dollars worth of repairs needed at current school buildings – officials firmly believe that would be the wrong course of action.

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