From StateImpact Indiana:
Voters in Muncie Community Schools rejected a referendum Tuesday night that district officials had hoped would ensure their school bus fleet could stay on the roads next school year.
The ballot question, which would’ve cost the taxpayers an additional $3.3 million in total, failed by 642 votes — with nearly 54 percent of Muncie voters opposing the measure.
Even in what’s normally an off-year at the polls for most Indiana voters, three other districts paid the costs of holding special elections in hopes of raising additional tax dollars.
School City of Mishawaka voters rejected a $28 million construction referendum by a 2-to-1 margin.
But in Goshen Community Schools, voters approved nearly $17.2 million in renovation projects at the district’s middle and high schools.
The results of the vote in Michigan City — where voters are considering a $5.4 million operating referendum — weren’t immediately available.
http://indianapublicmedia.org/stateimpact/2013/11/05/election-2013-results-muncie-voters-reject-referendum-save-school-bus-fleet/
