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Serving Whitman County since 1877
COLFAX — The Lamont School District operations levy has failed.
The Feb. 9 election was certified Feb. 19 by the county elections office. The vote count held at 28-24.
The other two county proposals on the ballot passed.
A one-year levy in Colton was certified for approval at 289-106 and in Rosalia, the measure to reduce school board districts from five to three, passed with a count of 168-86.
Lamont sought a two-year replacement educational programs and operations levy, to be collected at a rate of $2.50 per $1,000 in assessed property value. Total funding brought in would have been $130,000 in 2022 and $132,000 in 2023.
Lamont Superintendent Todd Spear told the Gazette last week that if the levy failed, the district will consider trying again in the April 27 special election.
For Colton, the school district passed its annual replacement educational programs and operations levy, to be collected at a rate of $2.36 per $1,000 in assessed value, totaling $398,947 in 2022.
In Rosalia, voters authorized the re-drawing of its board districts from five to three, making for two at-large school board positions.
Colton has passed one-year replacement levies at above 70 percent in both of the last two years. The new levy dollars will go to extracurricular activities, career and technical education, food service, FFA, preschool and more.
The Rosalia measure took its overall population of 1,089 and divided it equally across three districts, making two large rural areas and a small pocket for the town.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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