Last day to vote on area school levies

Tuesday’s the last day for voters in eight Thurston County school districts to turn in their ballots on any of several kinds of school-related measures.

Replacement levies are authorizations by voters to continue to collect taxes that would otherwise expire.

This link takes you to The Local Voters’ Pamphlet issued by the Thurston County Auditor.  

Here’s a rundown:

Griffin School District

Griffin voters have two levies to consider, for “Education Programs and Operations Replacement” and “Capital Projects and Technology Replacement.” The former will assess property owners $1.64 to $1.75 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028. The latter will assess a declining amount over the same period, $ .63 to $ .58 per $1,000 of assessed value.  

North Thurston Public Schools

North Thurston voters have two levies to consider, for “Replacement of Education Programs and Operations” and a new “Capital Levy for Safety, Technology, and Facilities Improvement.”

The district is asking voters to continue its education programs levy at the rate of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028 and approve a new levy that would assess a declining amount over the same period, $ .77 to $ .71 per $1,000 of assessed value.  

Olympia School District

Olympia-district voters will decide whether to approve its “Replacement of Expiring Levy for Education Programs and Operations” at the rate of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028.

Rainier School District

Rainier-district voters have two levies to consider, for “Replacement Education Programs and Operations” and “Safety, Technology, and Capital Maintenance.”

The district is asking voters to continue its education programs levy at the rate of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028 and approve a new levy that would assess $1.00 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2030.

Rochester School District

Rochester-area voters will decide whether to approve the “Educational Programs and Operations Replacement Levy” at the rate of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028 and to approve $89.19 million in general obligation bonds to be used to make safety and security improvements to several school buildings and construct a new high school on existing property.

Tenino School District

Tenino-area voters will decide whether to approve the “Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy” at the rate of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028.

Tumwater School District

Tumwater-area voters are being asked to approve a “Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy” at the rate of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028.

Yelm Community Schools

Yelm-area voters are being asked to approve the district’s “Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy” at the rate of $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value from 2025 through 2028.

No ballot?

If you lost, damaged or did not receive a ballot, you can get one in person on Tuesday until 8 p.m. at 2400 Evergreen Park Drive SW, in Olympia. For more information, call 360-786-5408.