Tuesday's special election results gave a mixed bag of up and down votes for area school districts.

Published 11:37 am Thursday, December 11, 2008

€ The Enumclaw School District maintenance and operation levy was passing with 2,894 yes votes, 61.30 percent, and 1,827 no votes, 38.70 percent. The district needed 2,068 yes votes and 60 percent support for validation, clearing both those hurdles.

€ White River School District ran two propositions: No. 1 was a maintenance and operation levy and No. 2 was a general bond request for facilities and capital improvements. The bulk of the money would have been used for improvements to the White River High School stadium.

The M and O levy was failing, although it received 51.92 percent yes votes, 1,759 and 1,629 no votes, 48.08 percent. The measure required a 60 percent thumbs up.

White River's Proposition No. 2 was failing with 63.24 percent no votes. 2,142 and 1,245 yes, 36.76 percent.

€ Sumner School District's two propositions were both failing. Proposition No. 1 was a maintenance and operation levy needing 2,568 yes votes and 60 percent favorable to pass.

The measure received enough yes votes for validation, 3,228, but only 57.89 percent. The no votes tally was 2,348, 42.11 percent.

Absentee ballots, which the county auditor will continue to count this week, could affect the outcome the race.

Sumner's No. 2 Proposition received 2,909 votes, 52.20 percent and 2,664 no votes, 47.80 percent.

The proposition asked for bond money to purchase land for future schools, modernize existing schools and essentially replace Lakeridge Middle School.

€ The Dieringer School District also ran two propositions, No. 1 a maintenance and operation levy and No. 2 a bond for modernization of schools and buildings and technology additions and upgrades.

The maintenance and operation levy was passing easily with 876 yes votes, 63.57 percent, and 502 no votes, 36.43 percent. The measure needed 560 yes votes and 60 percent.

The improvement bond was failing because it needed 933 yes votes and 60 percent.

The measure received 781 yes, 56.76 percent and 595 no, 43.24 percent. Again, absentee ballots may boost the measure to the 60 percent bar.

Election results can be checked by going to the following county sites:

€ Pierce County, http://www.piercecountywa.org/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/archives/feb2006/main.htm

€ King County, http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/2006feb/resPage2.htm