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Voters authorized all of the regular and replacement levies in seven of eight Thurston County school districts in Tuesday, February 13 special election.
As of the unofficial count on Thursday, only 47% of voters in the Yelm Community Schools area approved the levy.
According to its plans, Rochester School District's $89.2 million bond issue failed to reach 60% approval, so the district will not be building a new high school or making hoped-for safety and security upgrades at its primary and middle schools.
Regular and replacement levies require only a simple majority of yes votes, or 50 percent plus one vote, to pass.
Of the 196,769 voters registered in the county, 66,345 or 33.72% voted in this election, according to the Thurston County Auditor.
Here are vote count details as reported by the Thurston County Auditor today:
2024 School Levy Results |
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| Thurston County | |||
| Unofficial results as of February 15, 2024 | |||
Griffin School District |
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| Prop. 1 - Educational Programs and Operations Replacement | |||
| Yes | 1,318 | 59.45% | |
| No | 899 | 40.55% | |
| TOTAL | 2,217 | 100.00% | |
| Prop. 2 - Capital Projects and Technology Replacement | |||
| Yes | 1,324 | 59.51% | |
| No | 901 | 40.49% | |
| TOTAL | 2,225 | 100.00% | |
North Thurston Public Schools |
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| Prop. 1 - Replacement of Education Programs and Operations | |||
| Yes | 12,735 | 55.84% | |
| No | 10,073 | 44.16% | |
| TOTAL | 22,808 | 100.00% | |
| Prop. 2 - Capital Levy for Safety, Technology, and Facilities Improvement |
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| Yes | 12,454 | 54.47% | |
| No | 10,408 | 45.53% | |
| TOTAL | 22,862 | 100.00% | |
Olympia School District |
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| Prop. 1 - Replacement of Expiring Levy for Education Programs and Operations Improvement |
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| Yes | 12,561 | 68.89% | |
| No | 5,673 | 31.11% | |
| TOTAL | 18,234 | 100.00% | |
Rainier School District |
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| Prop. 1 - Replacement Education Programs and Operations | |||
| Yes | 723 | 55.53% | |
| No | 579 | 44.47% | |
| TOTAL | 1,302 | 100.00% | |
| Prop. 2 - Safety, Technology, and Capital Maintenance Improvement |
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| Yes | 695 | 53.46% | |
| No | 605 | 46.54% | |
| TOTAL | 1,300 | 100.00% | |
Rochester School District |
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| Prop. 1 - Educational Programs and Operations Replacement Levy Improvement |
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| Yes | 2,289 | 60.65% | |
| No | 1,485 | 39.35% | |
| TOTAL | 3,774 | 100.00% | |
| Prop. 2 - General Obligation Bonds - $89,190,000 Improvement |
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| Yes | 1,992 | 52.55% | |
| No | 1,799 | 47.45% | |
| TOTAL | 3,791 | 100.00% | |
Tenino School District |
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| Prop. 1 - Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy | |||
| Yes | 1,433 | 55.50% | |
| No | 1,149 | 44.50% | |
| TOTAL | 2,582 | 100.00% | |
Tumwater School District |
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| Prop. 1 - Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy | |||
| Yes | 5,867 | 59.18% | |
| No | 4,046 | 40.82% | |
| TOTAL | 9,913 | 100.00% | |
Yelm Community Schools |
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| Prop. 1 - Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy | |||
| Yes | 2,433 | 46.98% | |
| No | 2,746 | 53.02% | |
| TOTAL | 5,179 | 100.00% | |
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story reported that all districts had passed their operations levies. This was incorrect, as the Yelm Community Schools data above shows.
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AugieH
"Voters authorized all of the regular and replacement levies in Thurston County's eight school districts in Tuesday, February 13 special election." - Danny Stusser
What about Yelm, Danny?
Yelm Community Schools
Prop. 1 - Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy
Yes 2,433 46.98%
No 2,746 53.02%
TOTAL 5,179 100.00%
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DStusser
Mea culpa. I misread the Yelm results and have updated the story.
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