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Student-led push for May local option tax sparks divided board debate over timing and capacity
Summary
Students and advocates urged the Parkrose SD 3 board to place a local option levy on the May ballot to address a projected $4.5 million deficit; board members split over short timelines, campaign capacity, past results and whether to wait for more planning, and staff offered cost estimates for analysis and outreach.
Students and community advocates asked the Parkrose SD 3 board on Jan. 26 to consider placing a local option tax (operating levy or capital bond) on the May ballot to address the district deficit.
"This has to be the time," an impassioned student advocate (Speaker 18) told the board, arguing that immediate action and student-led outreach could win community support. Staff and the CFO outlined the short legal and procedural timeline for a May measure: an intent filing in mid/late February and ballots in May, with a title and voters’ pamphlet text required by late…
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