The ballots are in! 68.3% of San Carlos voters voted in favor of Measure P, an extension to a current parcel tax that raises funds for the city's elementary and middle schools. The County posted the "Semi-Official Results" early Monday morning.
Measure P will be a $58 annual extension of Measure B, a $78 parcel tax, and Measure A, a $110.60 parcel tax set to expire June 30th, 2019. The passing of Measure P means a total of $246.60 will be collected annually per parcel for the school district, which will total over $9.5 million over 6 years.
According to San Carlos School District Superintendent, Craig Baker, this additional locally sourced funding for the district is crucial due to a lack of state funding. "While the State's new school funding formula has resulted in large increases in State funding in other districts, State officials continue to see our small district as a low priority," Baker wrote in an email to the Daily News. "In fact, the new State funding formula actually gives a smaller amount of money to the district compared to what it would have received under the old model." He added that the new parcel tax "will go a long way in generating additional, stable, local funding to help protect (an) outstanding core academic curriculum and provide programs like design, engineering, music and world language, among other priorities."
The official results are expected to be announced no later than June 4th.
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