$545 million school bond approved in Bellevue (Wash.) district

Money will pay for rebuilding several facilities

March 13, 2008

Voters in the Bellevue (Wash.) School District were easily approving the district's largest-ever construction bond measure. The $545 million proposition to rebuild three elementary schools, two middle schools and Bellevue High School was winning more than the 60 percent supermajority required for construction measures. Other school-construction bond measures were going down to defeat in Renton, Snoqualmie Valley and Snohomish school districts.
Click here to read The Seattle Times article and here to read The Seattle Post-Intelligencer article.

EARLIER: The Bellevue (Wash.) School District will hold a special election March 11 to seek approval of $545 million bond proposal. The measure would provide money for a $100 million renovation to Bellevue High School; reconstruction of three elementary schools; new science labs and classrooms at Sammamish High School; and modernization of Tyee and Chinook Middle Schools.
To read The Seattle Times article, click here.