Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District parcel tax, Measure D (June 2012)
A Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District parcel tax, Measure D ballot question was on the June 5, 2012 ballot for voters in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District in Sonoma County, where it was approved.[1][2]
Measure D levied a $89 annual parcel tax for five years. At the time, this was expected to generate $5.3 million for the district over the five years the tax would be in effect.[3]
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote was needed for approval. Voters in the district rejected Measure A, a parcel tax proposal in 2005, by 26 votes.[3]
Election results
| Measure D | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 6,929 | 66.9% | ||
| No | 3,430 | 33.1% | ||
- These final election results are from the Sonoma County elections office.
Support
- Marc Orloff. a trustee on the school board, said, "With the parcel tax, we can further the education of our kids."[4]
- Andrew Longmire, a trustee on the school board, said, "From who I've talked to, even people who don't have students in our district said they'd support the parcel tax, given our vision."[4]
District budget
For fiscal year 2012-2013, the district had a $43.2 million budget. The district taught 8,300 students in 1999. In the 2013-2014 school year, it expected to enroll just 5,450 students (down from 5,900 students in 2012-2013).
Due to the declining enrollment at the time, the district had closed two elementary schools and one middle school since 2008.[3] Mountain Shadows Middle School, Gold Ridge Elementary and La Fiesta were the schools that were closed.[4]
Ballot text
The question on the ballot:
| MEASURE D: To protect quality education with local funding that cannot be taken by the state, shall Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District preserve reading, writing, math and science programs; keep school libraries open and available for students; protect art, music and vocational instruction; and attract/retain qualified teachers by leavying $89 per parcel annually for five years, no money for administrators' salaries, and all funds staying local?[5] |
Path to the ballot
All five members of the district's board of trustees voted to place Measure D on the ballot.[4]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Rohnert Park Patch, "Parcel Tax Clears School Board; Voters Will Have Final Say in June," accessed February 23, 2012
- ↑ KTVU, "Sonoma: Voters approve all eight ballot measures," June 6, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Press Democrat, "Cotati-Rohnert Park schools planning parcel tax," February 26, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rohnert Park Patch, "Parcel Tax Dubbed Measure D, Goes to Voters in June," March 13, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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