Local option garners resounding support

The campaign to renew a local option levy to support Sisters schools was headed for a resounding victory Tuesday night. Updated unofficial returns showed Measure 9-88 passing with 2,725 votes -a tremendous 79.19 percent majority. There were 716 votes cast against (20.81).

The measure handily surpassed the 50 percent turnout threshold to make the election valid with a 63 percent turnout.

The levy would provide the Sisters School District (SSD) with a continuation of the local option taxes at the rate of 75 cents per $1,000 of a property's assessed value.

This year, the local option provided the district with $991,351.35 to supplement its $10,501,384.00 budget, or 9.4 percent of the district's annual budget.