Voters Tuesday administered pass/fail grades to eight area school districts seeking financial aid. Four passed; four failed.
Approved:
• Measure N: Center Unified School District's $500 million school bond proposal needed 55 percent approval. It got 62 percent. The money will pay for new schools and classrooms. Property will be taxed at $60 per $100,000 of assessed value to pay off the bond.
• Measure M: Los Rios Community College District's $475 million school bond got 57 percent voter approval, two percentage points more than required. The money will pay for classroom renovation and new construction. The bond will be repaid from a tax on all property in the district's boundaries at $9.10 per $100,000 of assessed value.
• Measure W: Davis Unified School District won 75.5 percent approval for a parcel tax of $50 per dwelling unit for multi-dwelling parcels, and $120 per parcel for others. The money will fund academic and extracurricular programs.
• Measure G: Lake Tahoe Unified School District's $64.5 million school bond passed with 58.5 percent approval. It needed 55 percent. It will pay for updating facilities, new construction and technology at the district's six campuses. Property will be taxed at $28.70 per $100,000 of assessed value to repay the bond.
Failed:
• Measure T: Alta-Dutch Flat Union Elementary School District needed 66.6 percent voter approval to pass a four-year parcel tax; it fell short with 54.65 percent. The district wanted the money to preserve academic programs, and pay for supplies and maintenance.
• Measure E: Rural Gold Oak Union School District in El Dorado County barely lost its bid for $8.95 million school bond to modernize schools and provide computer access. It required 55 percent approval to pass, and mustered 54.6 percent.
• Measure Q: Placer County's Colfax Elementary School District failed to pass a $2.5 million school bond. It needed 55 percent approval, and fell short with 53.9 percent. The district wanted the money to upgrade technology and heating/air conditioning systems and to install solar panels.
• Measure U: Tahoe Truckee Unified School District's attempt to pass a $93.53 million bond failed with 49.7 percent approval. The district, which includes portions of Placer and Nevada counties, would have paid for a new media lab, library and classroom technology, completed the conversion of Sierra Mountain to an elementary school and helped address snow and traffic safety issues.
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