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After bond defeat, Mercer Island leaders plan new outreach, smaller projects and demographic study
Summary
City and school leaders said they will use a statistically valid survey and clearer project cost explanations to rebuild support after a recent bond measure failed; staff cited aging infrastructure, upcoming high-school site visits and declining early-grade enrollment as planning priorities.
City and school officials used the linkage session to review next steps after the most recent school bond failed and to coordinate on facilities, survey work and enrollment planning.
Superintendent Fred Rundle said the district's kindergarten-through-second-grade cohort across four elementary schools is arriving just under about 250 students, with kindergarten nearer 200 — a pattern that contributes to long-term budget pressure as larger classes in older grades age out. "Our kindergartens are lower; they're coming in around 200 or a little lower," Rundle said, and…
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