The bond for Nickerson School District, USD 309, passed with a 13% turnout. Of the 5,121 eligible voters, 682 cast a ballot, with 381 voting yes and 301 voting no. The bond is for $7.6 million over nine years. The short duration of the bond will allow the district to evaluate expenditures in 10 years. The bond to fix the Pretty Prairie Schools, USD 311, passed on Tuesday evening, garnering slightly less than a 50% turnout. Of the 1,087 registered voters, 45% voted, casting 272 for the bond and 222 against it. … Pretty Prairie School District 311 proposed a $7.7 million 20-year bond to fix roofs, windows and the middle school gym. This will also help with the leaking wall in the band and other rooms. Currently, many of the windows are also leaking. According to unofficial results from the Douglas County Elections Office, voters seem to have overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 million in bond issue projects for Eudora’s schools, while a similar proposal in Baldwin City looks to have been rejected by a fair margin. As of 9:25 p.m. Tuesday, results reported by the elections office show that the special question for Eudora had easily won approval with 971 of the 1,312 ballots accounted for — or about 74% — voting in favor of the measure. … Meanwhile, it seemed that the $25 million in bond issue projects Baldwin City’s school district was looking to undertake would remain on hold for now. … In a narrow 51.96% to 48.04% vote, residents of Pratt’s USD 382 voted to approve the use of a $16.6 million bond to pay for improvements to USD 382’s facilities. The special ballot drew 1,382 voters or 28.46% of the registered voters in the school district which, according to Pratt County Clerk Lori Voss was in line for a special election turnout.
Source: Hutch News and Hutch News and LJWorld and Pratt Tribune
