School advocates celebrate special election results
Seeing Sequim School District’s construction bond passing was more than a decade of effort for many long-time advocates.
Jodi Minker-James, president of Citizens for Sequim Schools, gathered with fellow supporters at Stymie’s Bar and Grill on Feb. 11 awaiting results where she told attendees that they “had left it all on the court” for this election.
As of Monday, Feb. 17, the district’s two propositions to renew its levy and a construction bond have passed. For the bond, about 65.6% of voters were in favor of bringing approximately $146 million in improvements to each school and its facilities including building a new Helen Haller Elementary school, high school buildings, and a cafeteria at Greywolf Elementary, with improvements to the district’s track/stadium, Transportation Center, and safety upgrades to existing campuses.
Minker-James said she became involved while her now-graduated daughter attended Helen Haller Elementary. The district had just failed on its second bond attempt.
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