Bond elections

WARDEN, Wash. -- A proposed $14 million school bond for this tiny school district at the southeastern edge of Grant County failed to obtain the necessary 60 percent for approval.

Andover High School, Kan., which opened in 1984, is hardly an antique.

Voters approved a $24 million bond package for the Van Alstyne, Texas, Independent School District that will add a new elementary school to the city and upgrade the existing one.

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Natchez High School will see a complete redesign should voters approve the Natchez-Adams School District's $35 million bond measure.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas -- With about 64 percent of the vote in unofficial returns, Carroll school district voters approved a bond package which will raise $208 million without increasing the tax rate.

Voters across Texas approved most of the $8.2 billion of bond proposals on local ballots Saturday.

PORT AUSTIN, Mich. -- Port Austin Township residents would rather not issue bond money intended to help finance the construction of a new township hall, according to unofficial election night results.

LEBANON -- Both school tax issues in Warren County were approved by 67 percent of voters, according to unofficial results Tuesday.

A bond referendum for Anderson School District 4, S.C., was defeated by a large margin Tuesday.

Voters in the West Bloomfield, Mich., School District passed a $120-million bond proposal Tuesday.

LEXINGTON TWP, Ohio -- Hopes were dashed Tuesday of consolidating all the elementary school activities of Marlington Local School District into one building.

Summit County, Ohio, school districts received mostly positive news following Tuesday's election, with issues passing in all but one district.

Leaders of the four school districts in Fairfield and Licking counties, Ohio, whose tax issues were rejected Tuesday will decide whether to ask voters again in November. Issues in four other districts were approved.

Greenon Local Schools residents passed a $36 million bond issue Tuesday night to build a new pre-k through 12th grade school for the district, according to final, unofficial results.

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Voters approved a combined property tax increase and bond issue Tuesday to improve Chagrin Falls school buildings.

After a contentious campaign, voters in the Valley View, Ohio, school district said no to a 5.39-mill bond issue to build new schools.

Sherman, Texas, residents and voters got a chance to ask their burning questions Thursday night about the proposed $308 million bond meant to overhaul the Sherman Independent School District's facilities.

The $8.2 billion on local Texas bond ballots May 6 is the most since November 2015.

With early voting set to start next week, the Sherman, Texas, Independent School District has used a variety of methods to pair the public with information regarding the $308 million bond up for vote.

Competitive and negotiated calendars for long and short-term issuance