August 17th 2010
Bracing for a ballot measure
In a high school auditorium on Tuesday, Douglas County school board members agreed a proposed ballot amendment could mean dramatic change for nearly 60,000 students in Colorado’s third-largest school district.
“We can’t start school until the tax revenues come in so you’re probably looking at a school year that’s maybe … March to December,” said board member Justin Williams. “Next year, we’re in serious jeopardy.”
Voters won’t decide on Amendment 61, a citizens’ initiative to limit government borrowing on the Nov. 2 ballot, for another ten weeks. But leaders in several