CONSTRUCTION ISSUE FALLING SHORT.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - Palmdale School District's $25 million school construction bond measure was falling short of the votes needed for passage, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. early election returns Tuesday. If supported by 55 percent of the voters who cast ballots, Measure W would add about $30 a year to the typical residential property tax bill to build two elementary schools. An $81 million bond measure failed to pass in 1996 and 1997, when the minimum necessary vote was two-thirds. That measure received 63.7 percent of the vote in 1996 and 54.5 percent in 1997. District officials said the $25 million bond would finance the construction of two kindergarten-through-eighth-grade schools, each holding more than 1,500 pupils. One school would be built west of 25th Street East, and the other east of it. The measure would also pay for renovating older schools and adding classrooms to them. The only public opposition to the bond came from ousted school district public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director Diana Beard-Williams, whose racial discrimination lawsuit against the district was thrown out of federal court last month when she failed to appear to be cross-examined. In early returns, Palmdale trustee Sheldon Epstein, the only incumbent seeking re-election in the district, appeared to be heading for a third term. Ahead for the other two seats were businesswoman Sandy Corrales and PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. leader Kathleen Edwards. In the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale , trustee Cheryl Lundgren was ahead for re-election to a second term but board President Brett Nelson was losing. Ahead for Nelson's high school seat and the seat vacated by the retirement of Bill Olenick were Keppel Union School District administrator Jim Lott and elementary school teacher Calvin Robinson. In the Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
In the Westside School District, the leading candidates in early returns were trustee Christine LeBeau and teachers Marty Meeden and James Brink James Brink (born June 8, 1925) is a former American tennis player. While at the University of Washington, Brink advanced to the NCAA semifinals in singles in 1948, and then teamed with Fred Fisher to win the NCAA doubles championship in 1949. . Meeden teaches in the Palmdale district, Brink in Lancaster. |
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