UPDATED: Three LWSD Ballot Measures on February Ballot

Lake Washington School District will have three measures on the February 13, 2018 election ballot. The measures are a bond and two replacement levies.   Read more about these three upcoming ballot measures.

The $299 million bond in a large way addresses the capacity needs of Kirkland schools. It would fund: 

1) an addition at Lake Washington H.S.; a new elementary school in the Lake Washington Learning Community; the remodel/rebuild and enlarge Kamiakin M.S. the creation of special education learning spaces.

2) a choice high school in Sammamish, the remodel/rebuild and enlarge Alcott Elementary School; the creation of special education learning spaces; land; and site-specific capital projects/contingency.  

According to the district, the replacement "Bond and the Capital Projects Levy" will maintain the current tax rate while the replacement "Educational Programs and Operations Levy" will reduce the current tax rate. The total tax rate for all three measures will be reduced from the current amount of $3.16/$1000 of assessed value to $2.93/1000 of assessed value.

"This is a great way to sell these ballot measures -- we're raising the $299 million for school construction, and the tax rate is actually going down!"

-- Comment by Toby Nixon

Source:  Kirkland Facebook group