A $32.5 million bond to finance capital improvements in Piper Unified School District failed among northwest Wyandotte County voters on Tuesday. The move would have pushed forward a two-phase plan for overhaul renovations in the growing rural school district. An overwhelming 1,489 voters denied the measure expected to raise the school district’s mill rate, or the amount of taxable dollars per every $1,000 of properties’ assessed value, by $2.41. Piper USD’s proposed, roughly $69 per $1,000 property valuation rate would have accounted for 38% of district residents’ property tax bills and would have taken effect July 1.
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