SHELLEY An 18-year-old Shelley man is scheduled to go to trial after he allegedly destroyed property and stole from a local elementary school. Jesse James McCammon’s trial will be July 26 at 9 a.m. in Bingham County in front of Judge Darren Simpson. McCammon entered a not guilty plea in May for four charges. He […]
SHELLEY An 18-year-old Shelley man was arrested this week after allegedly destroying property and stealing from a local elementary school. Jesse James McCammon was booked into the Bingham County Jail and charged with three felonies, including malicious injury to property, burglary, and grand theft. He was also charged with misdemeanor petit theft. According to […]
School elections: Majority of levies pass in eastern Idaho; Bonneville levies fail
Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
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IDAHO FALLS With the notable exception of Bonneville School District 93, nearly all of the supplemental levies or plant facilities levies passed. Here’s a rundown of results.
Bonneville. Ten-year, $38 million plant facilities levy:
failed. Two-year, $13.6 million supplemental levy:
failed.
In the largest election of the night, voters rejected a pair of increased levies.
The plant facilities levy received only 41 percent support, well below the 60 percent supermajority threshold. The supplemental levy received 42 percent support; all supplementals need only a simple majority to pass.
Have you voted yet? Millions in bond and levy funds to be decided Tuesday
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BOISE Voters in more than a third of Idaho’s school districts have decisions on March 9: Do they want to approve or renew bond issues or property tax levies for schools?
All told, 45 of Idaho’s 115 school districts will run ballot measures totaling more than $298.2 million. (One year ago, when the March election coincided with presidential primaries, 41 districts sought $174 million in levies.)
So while the March 9 elections are no record-setter in March 2017, voters decided on a whopping $715 million in bonds and levies it’s nonetheless a big day for school districts looking to bankroll building projects or put money into teacher pay or day-to-day operations during a pandemic.
School election results for March 9
EAST IDAHO (KIFI) - Four school board members will keep their positions after an attempt to remove them failed.
Pocatello-Chubbuck School District board trustees Jackie Cranor, Janie Gebhardt, and Dave Mattson were up for recall because of their handling of the hybrid schedule and the changing of the Pocatello Indians mascot.
Idaho Falls School District 91 board member Elizabeth Cogliati also will keep her seat.
While many of the supplemental levies were approved by voters, Bonneville School District 93 s supplemental levy and plant facilities levy failed.
Meanwhile, two school bonds did pass in Bingham County. The Blackfoot School District will use the bond to replace Stoddard Elementary and create an atrium at Blackfoot High School. The Shelley School District will use their bond to renovate Goodsell Elementary school and other repairs at buildings in the school district.