Monroe district sends $49M capital levy measure to ballot
EVERETT — The Monroe School District’s board of directors voted Tuesday to place a four-year, $49 million capital levy on the November ballot after a bond measure failed to pass earlier this year.
The levy, if approved, would pay for safety and security upgrades to buildings, repair work, facility improvements and the relocation of an alternative school at the district to a new site.
The relocation of that alternative school, the Sky Valley Education Center, would be the largest project funded by the capital levy, with a price tag of about $30 million, according to a district website.
The original buildings on the Sky Valley campus, constructed in the 1960s, contain hazardous building materials like asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and lead, according to the district. In 2022 and 2023, multiple students and their families won lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies due to environmental contamination at the school.
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