Early unofficial election results in San Mateo County show school bond and tax Measures B and C trailing behind their needed threshold of votes, while Measure A appears on its way to getting passed.
Measure A, which would allow the Ravenswood City School District to issue bonds of up to $70 million for facilities projects, has received 66% approval as of 12:30 a.m. on election night. The measure needs 55% approval in order to pass.
The money would help construct additional classrooms, which the district says are needed due to a projected enrollment rise due to the closure of the Primary School. The Primary School, a tuition-free school backed by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, will close its campus this summer in East Palo Alto.
Measure B would extend the existing parcel tax in the Brisbane School District, a tax that is expiring this month. The funding would support school libraries, educational programs, and would expand student access to modern technologies.
So far, the measure has 66.22% approval, just shy of meeting the required two-thirds, or about 66.67% approval.
Measure C is a proposed parcel tax of 17.5 cents per building square foot annually for parcels in the Redwood City Elementary School District. The funding generated from the tax would support attracting and retaining qualified teachers, counselors and school staff.
Measure C has so far garnered 58% approval but needs two-thirds, or about 66.67%, in order to pass.
The Redwood City Elementary School District also put a measure for a parcel tax on the June ballot. Measure C would authorize a tax of 17.5 cents per building square foot per year on parcels in the district. Parcels without buildings would pay $25 per year.
The San Mateo County Registration and Elections Division still needs to count ballots that were received in the mail or dropped off at vote centers and drop boxes after Friday, May 29. The next round of updates to the results will be released sometime on Thursday before 4:30 p.m.
