Norris committee narrows bond options and lays out March 1 deadline to reach May ballot

Norris School District steering-committee members and outside advisers spent a third public session weighing three bond packages and the district’s informational plan, with officials urging the board to decide whether to call a bond by the March 1 county deadline if it wants the issue on the May 12 primary ballot.

Tobin Buchanan of Northland Securities told the committee that, under new election rules for 2026, the district’s realistic scheduling options were the May primary, a July special (likely mail-in) or the November general, and that a majority board resolution must be signed and delivered to the county election commissioner by March 1 to appear on the May ballot. "If there is a decision to wait till November, that's certainly a possibility," Buchanan said, adding…