West Valley School District sends $12 million construction levy to November ballots after February countywide bond failu

Millwood voters’ November ballots just got longer.

The 3,400-pupil West Valley School District is sending a property tax levy to the busy ballot. It seeks to pay for some construction projects that would have been funded under the district’s February failed bond.

If passed, voters would authorize the district to collect no more than $11.8 million in property taxes over the course of three years, taxing property owners at an estimated rate of $1 per $1,000 of assessed property value. This levy would replace an expiring capital levy voters approved in 2021, which will collect $1.26 per thousand in 2024, generating $13.4 million over its three-year life.

The West Valley school board on Wednesday unanimously decided to send the capital levy to November ballots to pay for construction at schools: modernizing entrance security, roof repairs at West Valley High School and updating pickup and drop-off areas at elementary schools.




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