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The Los Altos School District’s Measure EE bond received 55.52% support (9,593 votes) among the ballots counted by 4:48 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7. That’s barely above the 55% threshold needed for passage.
Measure EE would authorize the district to issue $350 million in bonds, which would be paid back by levying an annual tax on properties within the school district estimated at $30 per $100,000 of assessed value.
The district is hoping to use the money to upgrade existing campuses, as well as to fund construction on an 11.7 acre parcel of land in Mountain View that the district bought in 2019 for a new school campus. The Los Altos School District’s attendance boundaries include parts of Mountain View.
School board President Bryan Johnson told the Voice on election night that he was “cautiously optimistic” about Measure EE’s prospects. In past elections, Johnson said that the district has seen support increase as more ballots are counted.
“We’re obviously feeling good that we’re already over 55%, but we know that it will be a while before we have the final result,” Johnson said.
Bonds like Measure EE can be used to build and upgrade school facilities, but not on day-to-day expenses like teacher salaries or textbooks.
If the measure passes, district officials have said they plan to spend the majority of the money on improving their current campuses, which generally haven’t seen major renovations in over two decades.
The school board approved a facilities master plan in recent months, which details improvements the district wants to make and places them in priority groups. These include upgrading heating and cooling systems, repairing roofs, renovating the two junior highs so they can accommodate sixth graders, and upgrading transitional kindergarten and kindergarten spaces on certain campuses.
What the board hasn’t decided is how much money it would set aside for the potential new campus in Mountain View, dubbed the “10th school site.” Despite buying it roughly five years ago, the district hasn’t begun construction on the site and there are disagreements over which school would end up going there. The district is interested in Bullis Charter School moving to the site, but Bullis has made it clear that it isn’t interested.
If Measure EE passes, district officials plan to conduct a public process to decide what to build on the 10th site and which school to place there.
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