Ventura County election officials this week certified the final results of the November 5th election, and it means good news for two school districts, and not so good for another.
The Oxnard Union High School District’s Measure E passed with a 57% yes vote. It needed 55% to pass. The vote count was too close to call for weeks. It will allow the district to sell $285 million dollars in bonds for major facilities improvements.
The Briggs Elementary School District’s $4.9 million bond measure also passed. Measure G just squeaked by with a 56% yes vote.
Two school bond measures in Santa Paula didn’t fare as well. Measure M, to help elementary schools, received a 52% yes vote. It needed 55% to pass. And Measure N, which would have raised $36 million to help the high school, including the addition of a community swimming pool, also failed. It received a 53% yes vote, again falling short of the necessary 55% for passage.