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Trustees put bond on ballot

Fremont Union High School District trustees Dec. 8 unanimously decided to ask voters to help repair aging schools with a bond measure of up to $144 million in April.

If it passes, the bond money would be spent to repair or replace leaky roofs, deteriorating heating, plumbing and electrical systems, and to revamp restrooms, said Superintendent Joe Hamilton.

The measure requires approval by two-thirds of the voters, or 67 percent, to pass.

Out of 400 probable voters surveyed by the district in February, 76 percent said they would support such a measure.

The cost of the bond breaks down to about $25 per $100,000 of assessed property value within district boundaries.

Monta Vista High School, the newest of the district's five schools, is 28 years old; Fremont, the oldest, was built before 1930.

The schools need to be brought up to current safety standards, said Gene Longinetti, the district's coordinator of property management.

Last year, the district formed a 30-member facilities committee to tour schools and identify each one's needs. Passing a bond measure might be easier during a special election in April as the only item on the ballot, Hamilton said.

"It might get lost amongst other initiatives if we waited until June," he said.

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This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, December 17, 1997.
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