Residents from San Ysidro to Escondido will decide on a number of multimillion dollar school bond measures tomorrow. That's because there are seven initiatives countywide. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.
San Diego Unified's Proposition S
is the largest school bond measure. It stands at $2.1 billion.
But
Grossmont
,
Lemon Grove
,
Escondido
,
Lakeside
, and
South Bay
school districts -- as well as
Southwestern Community College
-- also have hefty school bond measures, ranging from $28 million to $417 million. They're aimed at paying for the repair, renovation or construction of schools.
Researcher Kim Rueben says there are a lot of school bond measures on the ballot these days, but voters only consider one.
Rueben: So I think it's the fact that in the county -- and it's a pretty big county -- you have different areas and different school districts going to different sets of voters asking for money. So it’s not like every taxpayer is going to see these increases go forward.
Rueben says school bond measures tend to be successful because they require only 55-percent voter approval.
She says 80 percent of the measures in California have passed over the last eight years.
Ana Tintocalis, KPBS News.
