Issaquah School District bond sale passing by more than 70 percent on election night

Issaquah School District Proposition 1 was overwhelmingly approved by initial voter results on election night.

By Daniel Nash • April 26, 2016 8:38 pm
Celeste Gracey/File photo Students from Issaquah High School’s graduating class of 2011. The district plans to add a fourth comprehensive high school with funds from a capital projects bond.
Celeste Gracey/File photo Students from Issaquah High School’s graduating class of 2011. The district plans to add a fourth comprehensive high school with funds from a capital projects bond.

Issaquah School District Proposition 1 was overwhelmingly approved by initial voter results on election night.

The proposition, supporting the sale of $533.5 million in general obligation bonds to fund the construction of new schools and the renovation of existing schools, was passing with 70.32 percent of the vote the evening of April 26.

The proposition requires 60 percent approval to pass under state law. All ballots will be counted by May 6, when the election will also be certified.

Funding from the bond sales will pay for the construction of two new elementary schools, a middle school and a high school, as well as the real estate acquisitions required to accomplish said construction. Several campuses will also be renovated, expanded or otherwise modernized.

More than 18,800 ballots had been counted by the posting of initial election results. King County Elections reported receiving 20,489 ballots from voters in the school district. The agency reported there are 65,794 active registered voters in the same area.