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Voters Support School Bonds

By Ana Tintocalis / Education Reporter,  KPBS Public Broadcasting
Published November 8, 2006 at 8:07 AM PST
This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Sweetwater Union High School District will get an influx of money thanks to Proposition O. The $644 million bond was one of three school funding measures that sailed to victory in San Diego County. KP

Voters Support School Bonds

Prop. O will help to modernize and repair dozens of aging classrooms in the Sweetwater Union High School District. Campaign spokesman Bruce Husson says the $644 million school bond will also help to equip older schools with the latest technology.

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Husson: Today’s classrooms are much different. They need much more capacity for electricity, and multimedia and computers and data and all the kinds of things that go into making a first-class education program.

Meanwhile, voters the Carlsbad School District secured a $198 million school bond. The measure will pay to modernize five schools and build a new high school. In Santee, a $60 million school bond appears to have passed. That measure will fund new classrooms buildings, and upgrade school libraries and athletic fields.

Ana Tintocalis
Ana Tintocalis was a member of the KPBS radio news team from 2001 to 2011. She first served as a as a producer for "These Days" (now "Midday Edition") and then later as the station's education reporter. After graduating from California State University, Long Beach with a journalism degree, Ana began working as a field reporter and anchor at KLON Radio 88.1 FM in Long Beach, covering breaking news in Orange and Los Angeles counties. During that time she also freelanced for other print and broadcast news organizations, such as Metro Networks, the Associated Press, and Santa Clarita Our Times. In 2001, Ana traveled for more than three months in Cuba where she produced a radio series focusing on the street music in Havana. Upon returning from her journey, Ana freelanced as a reporter covering court cases for the Antelope Valley Press, a newspaper based in Palmdale, California.
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