School election results for March 9
EAST IDAHO (KIFI) - Four school board members will keep their positions after an attempt to remove them failed.
Pocatello-Chubbuck School District board trustees Jackie Cranor, Janie Gebhardt, and Dave Mattson were up for recall because of their handling of the hybrid schedule and the changing of the Pocatello Indians mascot.
Idaho Falls School District 91 board member Elizabeth Cogliati also will keep her seat.
While many of the supplemental levies were approved by voters, Bonneville School District 93's supplemental levy and plant facilities levy failed.
Meanwhile, two school bonds did pass in Bingham County. The Blackfoot School District will use the bond to replace Stoddard Elementary and create an atrium at Blackfoot High School. The Shelley School District will use their bond to renovate Goodsell Elementary school and other repairs at buildings in the school district.
Below is a breakdown and the results for each school district.
For definition in simple terms, a supplemental levy is additional funding for a school district they don't receive from state education funding. Much of the funds go towards the maintenance of school buildings, extracurricular activities, salaries for staff, utilities, and other items the school district determines.
A supplemental levy requires a simple majority for approval. School Bonds usually require a two-thirds majority, and the majority needed to pass a plant facility levy varies depending on a complicated formula established by the legislature.
American Falls School District 381
Supplemental Levy: $2,750,000/year for 2 years
$294.92 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy is the same amount as the last supplemental levy in 2019.
Results:
IN FAVOR - 311 62%
AGAINST - 192 38%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
Bear Lake School District 33
Supplemental Levy: $650,000/year for 2 years
$65.33 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy is the same amount as the last supplemental levy in 2019.
Results:
IN FAVOR - 555 64%
AGAINST - 311 36%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
Blackfoot School District 55
There are two different questions on the ballot.
1) General Obligation Bond: $23.9 million over 20 years
- Build a new elementary school to replace I.T. Stoddard Elementary
- Construct an atrium at Blackfoot High School
- Renovate to the district's athletic complex
$102 per $100,000 assessed property value.
There is currently a bond levy of $84 per $100,000 assessed value which will expire in 2022. They say the proposed bond will not increase the overall tax per $100,000 of taxable assessed value because of the decrease in value on the supplemental levy.
Results:
FOR - 1,969 82%
AGAINST - 431 18%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
2) Supplemental Levy: $2,000,000/year for 2 years
$203 per $100,000 assessed property value
The levy is a decreased from past levy of $2.275,000 with $231 per $100,000 assessed property value (or $28 less)
Results:
FOR - 1,951 81%
AGAINST - 461 19%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
Bonneville School District 93
There are two different questions on the ballot.
1) Supplemental Levy: $6,800,000/year for 2 years
$167.30 per $100,000 property assessed value
This levy will increase from past years. Currently, the property assessed value is $142.70 per $100,000 property assessed value, an increase of no more than $24.60 per $100,000 property assessed value.
Results:
FOR - 1,513 42%
AGAINST - 2,130 58%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
2) Plant Facilities Reserve Fund Levy: $3,800,000/year for 10 years
$93.50 per $100,000 assessed property value
Currently, the District collects a plant facilities levy that costs $68.90 per $100,000 property assessed value, which will expire June 30, 2021. The proposed plant facilities levy is estimated to result in an increase of no more than $24.60 per $100,000 property assessed value.
The plant facility levy requires a 60% margin for approval.
Results:
FOR - 1,499 41%
AGAINST - 2,127 59%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information on both levies, click here.
Butte County School District 111
There are two different questions on the ballot.
1) Plant Facilities Reserve Fund Levy: $103,000/year for 2 years
$52.73 per $100,000 assessed property value
Results:
IN FAVOR - 120 72%
AGAINST - 47 28%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
2) Supplemental Levy: $160,000/year for 2 years
Results:
IN FAVOR - 117 70%
AGAINST - 50 29%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
Challis School District 181
Supplemental Levy: $600,000/year for 2 years
$92.73 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy has been the same for 8 years.
Results:
FOR - 272 62%
AGAINST - 164 38%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTED
For more information, click here.
Clark County School District 161
Supplemental Levy: $250,000/year for 2 years
FOR: 93 90.2%
AGAINST: 10 9.7%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTED
Fremont School District 215
There are two different questions on the ballot.
1) Plant Facilities Reserve Fund: $700,000/year for 10 years
$36.13 per $100,000 assessed property value
Currently, the District collects a plant levy that costs $15.50 per $100,000 assessed property value, and the current levy will expire when the proposed levy goes into effect, so the proposed levy produces a net increase of $20.62 per 100,000. Needs a 55% vote to pass.
Results:
FOR - 727 72%
AGAINST - 288 28%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
2) Supplemental Levy: $1,500,000/year for 2 years
$77.42 per assessed property value
The supplemental levy amount was the same as last year.
Results:
FOR - 738 72%
AGAINST - 285 28%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
Grace School District 148
There are two different supplemental levies on the ballot.
1) Supplemental Levy: $300,000 for one year
$170.34 per $100,000 assessed property value
The district has collected a $300,000-a-year levy for the past nine years.
Results:
FOR - 113 70%
AGAINST - 48 30%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
2) Supplemental Levy: $150,000 for one year
$85.17 per $100,000 assessed property value
Currently, the district collects a Plant Facilities levy of $150,000, which will expire.
Results:
FOR - 110 68%
AGAINST - 51 32%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
Idaho Falls School District 91
There are two questions on the ballot.
1) Supplemental Levy: $6,800,000/year for 2 years
$146 per $100,000 assessed property value
The supplemental levy amount has been the same since 2003.
Results:
FOR - 2,113 75%
AGAINST - 704 25%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
School Board member recall election:
2) Zone 4: Elizabeth Cogliati
Results:
FOR - 183 40%
AGAINST - 272 60%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25
There are four different questions on the ballot.
1) Supplemental Levy: 9,250,000/year for 2 years
$192.20 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy has been the same amount for the past six years.
For more information, click here.
Results:
FOR - 4,102 63%
AGAINST - 2,428 37%
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
School Board member recall elections:
2) Zone 1: Jackie Cranor
Results:
FOR - 677 49%
AGAINST - 708 51%
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
3) Zone 2: Janie Gebhardt
Results:
FOR - 674 41%
AGAINST - 959 59%
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
4) Zone 3: Dave Mattson
Results:
FOR - 782 43%
AGAINST - 1,055 57%
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
Ririe School District 252
Supplemental Levy: $290,000/year for 2 years
$127 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy is the same amount as in the past.
Results:
FOR - 167 67%
AGAINST - 82 33%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
Rockland School District 382
Supplemental Levy: $210,000/year for 2 years
$432.17 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy has an increase of $31.17 per $100,000 assessed property value. Results:
IN FAVOR - 115 95%
AGAINST - 6 5%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
Shelley School District 60
General Obligation Bond: $7.5 million
- Renovate and improve Goodsell Elementary School
- Renovate HVAC systems at Hobbs Elementary School
- Update technology throughout district with new cameras and electronic doors
- Construct, furnish and equip existing school facilities, including lighting, heating, ventilation and sanitation facilities and appliances
$116 per assessed property value
Currently, the school district is collecting a ten-year plant levy that costs $59 per assessed value. That levy expires this year.
Results:
FOR - 532
AGAINST - 144
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
Snake River School District 52
Supplemental Levy: $729,000/year for 2 years
$158.67 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy is lower than the past levy. Currently, the supplemental levy is $750,000 with an assessed value of $163.43 per $100,000
Results:
FOR - 412 75%
AGAINST - 137 25%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
Soda Springs School District 150
Supplemental Levy: $698,000/year for one year
$97.77 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy is the same amount as this past year.
Results:
FOR - 176 64%
AGAINST - 98 36%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
Sugar-Salem School District 322
Supplemental Levy: $200,000/year for 2 years
$49.54 per $100,000 assessed property value
This levy is the same as last year's value.
Results:
FOR - 247 70%
AGAINST - 106 30%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more informaton, click here.
Swan Valley School District 92
Plant Facilities Levy: $60,000/year for 2 years
$24.35 per $100,000 property assessed value
There has not been a plant facilities levy since 2019.
Results:
IN FAVOR - 148 71%
AGAINST - 61 29%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
West Jefferson School District 253
Supplemental Levy: $360,000/year for 2 years
$142 per $100,000 property assessed value
The is an increase from the current levy of $118 per property assessed value (a $24 increase per $100,000 property assessed value).
Results:
FOR - 216 69%
AGAINST - 98 31%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
For more information, click here.
West Side School District 202
Supplemental Levy: $90,000 for one year
$40.68 per assessed property value
Results:
FOR - 91 60%
AGAINST - 60 40%
100% PRECINCTS REPORTING
