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Hollis voters reject $19.4 million bond to expand Hollis Primary School
Summary
Voters defeated Article 1, a $19,384,375 bond to renovate and add to Hollis Primary School; supporters cited overcrowding and safety problems while opponents urged alternatives and warned of generational tax burdens. Bond failed 285–590 (needed 525).
Voters at the Hollis School District annual meeting on the warned bond question (Article 1) rejected a $19,384,375 bond to finance design, demolition, construction and equipping of renovations and additions to Hollis Primary School. The moderator announced the ballot result: 285 yes, 590 no; three-fifths (525) were required for approval, so the article failed.
School board presenters laid out the case for the project as a response to longstanding space and safety constraints. Ann Wake Pasqual, presenting the school’s findings and designs, said the building “is just busting at the seams and we…
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