Winfield voters on Tuesday soundly defeated two school bond propositions, putting USD 465 officials back to the drawing board to figure out how to update aging and outdated infrastructure. Question 1 would have closed some schools, removed some buildings, built others and reconfigured others Question 2 asked voters to build a new football/soccer stadium at the high school and erect several new tennis courts at the Vaughan Tennis Center. Estimated cost of the two projects was about $54.7 million to be funded by about a 14 mill property tax increase from current levels, an estimated $159 on a $100,000 home. In the unofficial final count from the Cowley County Election Office, the first lost 3,188 (71.54%) to 1,268 (28.46%). The second, for the high school sports arena, lost 3,303 (73.03%) to 1,220 (26.97%).
Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
