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Wichita’s $615 Million School Bond: Two Votes, Different Tax Impacts
Less than two years after narrowly rejecting a $450 million school bond, Wichita school district voters are being asked to approve a larger package — and what would be the district’s first successful bond issue since 2008.
The Nov. 3 ballot divides the request into two questions. The first request to fund: $407.1 million in improvement that would not raise the current…
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