SPOKANE, Wash. – With less than three weeks to make a final decision, the Spokane Public Schools Board decided not to run a bond on the November ballot and elected to look into future options.
In February, voters rejected SPS’s $200 million bond request, creating a hole in the district’s long-term building plans. The bond was supposed to help replace Adams and Madison Elementary schools, modernize North Central High School and Garry Middle School, among other things.
Instead, the district will wait until at least February 2025 to ask the voters again, who have to support any bond measure with a 60% vote in favor.
“I’m just not certain November is the best time,” Board President Nikki Lockwood said.
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