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Minnewaska board approves canvass, declares Nov. 4 school bond question failed
Summary
At a Nov. 13 special meeting the Minnewaska Area Schools Board approved a resolution canvassing the Nov. 4 special election and recorded that School District Question 1 failed, with 1,175 votes in favor and 1,670 against out of 2,845 voters.
The Minnewaska Area Schools Board of Education met in special session on Nov. 13, 2025, and approved a resolution canvassing returns from the Nov. 4 special election. The resolution records that 2,845 voters in the district participated and that SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 — authorizing school building bonds for a school acquisition and betterment program — received 1,175 votes in favor and 1,670 votes against.
The board's approved resolution states: "Said proposition, having not received the approval of at least a majority of such votes, is hereby declared to have failed." The motion to approve the canvass was moved by Zavadil and seconded by Ogdahl; the transcript records the motion and the resolution text but does not include a separate roll-call tally for that motion in the segment provided. The resolution therefore documents the official outcome of the district's bond referendum.
Chairperson Barsness opened the meeting at 7:30 a.m. and the board completed its canvass business quickly before adjourning at 7:33 a.m. The meeting record does not show additional discussion or next steps for pursuing another funding proposal.
