By Ricardo Cano | The Republic
Initial election results showed that all of the school district bond and override measures in Maricopa County were headed toward approval.
If the first wave of results holds true, it would be the first time in recent history that voters approved all of the school measures on the ballot in a single cycle.
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“I’ve been working on school-finance issues since the 1980s, and I don’t ever remember a night like this where the ballot measures in every district are all passing,” said Chuck Essigs, director of governmental relations with the Arizona Association of School Business Officials.
Many of the ballot measures put forth by 22 Phoenix-area school districts appeared to be headed toward approval by comfortable margins Tuesday night.
