All SLO County school bond measures passing Tuesday night

Voters from around San Luis Obispo County have approved three school bond measures — and possibly a fourth — totaling $274.05 million for facilities or technology improvements.

The closest race was in the Paso Robles Unified School District. Its $95 million bond measure narrowly failed in initial returns, but by midnight it had received 55.6 percent of the vote in support.

Each measure requires 55 percent of the vote in its respective district to win.

The election results are unofficial; the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s office still has to count any outstanding vote-by-mail and provisional ballots.

The most decisive result came from voters in the Shandon Joint Unified School District, who approved a $3.15 million bond measure for facility improvements. The bond measure — which needed 55 percent of the vote — received 73.4 percent in support.

The Lucia Mar Unified School District’s $170 million bond measure received 63.7 percent of the vote. San Miguel Joint Unified School District’s measure passed with 60.6 percent.

The four local school districts, from North County to South County, sought a collective $274.05 million in bonds to finance improvements.

For all of the measures, the money would be used for facilities or technology improvements, not for teacher or administrator salaries, and would be monitored by citizen oversight committees.

The Lucia Mar Unified School District sought the largest bond measure — $170 million to modernize its schools. Paso Robles Unified School District officials hoped to upgrade their campuses with about $95 million in bonds that would be sold over the course of 10 years.

The San Miguel Joint Unified School District was seeking $5.9 million through Measure D-16 to fund major improvements at the small district’s two elementary schools.

And Shandon Joint Unified School District hoped to issue about $3.15 million in bonds over the next three years to fund facilities improvements at its three schools.

Along with the bond measures, numerous school districts throughout San Luis Obispo County have open seats on their boards. With 100 percent reporting, here are the unoffical results for the school board races:

▪ In the Cuesta College Community College District, Mary Strobridge received 56.26 percent of the vote, beating challenger George Galvan, who garnered 43.5 percent.

▪ In the race for three seats on the Atascadero Unified School District board, Mary Kay Mills, Terri Switzer and Corinne Kuhnle won seats, while Ed Galena finished fourth.

▪ Two successful candidates will join the Cayucos Elementary School District board: Val Wright and Susan Brownell.

▪ On the Coast Unified School District board, three candidates won a four-year term — Tiffany Silva, Dennis Rightmer and Samuel Shalhoub — while Lee McFarland won a two-year term.

▪ In the race for two Lucia Mar Unified School District seat, Don Stewart and Dee Santos were the successful candidates.

▪ Four candidates won seats to the Paso Robles Unified School District board: Chris Bausch, Joel Peterson, Joan Summers, and Dave Lambert.

▪ The top three finishers for three seats on the Templeton Unified School District board race were Nelson Yamagata, Ted Dubost and Brenda Gray.

▪ In the Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary School District, Julie Kirby and Greg Jaeger won seats on the board.

This story was originally published November 8, 2016 at 9:54 PM with the headline "All SLO County school bond measures passing Tuesday night."