Results show apparent wins for Sonoma County school bonds

Sonoma County voters in rural areas appeared willing to pay for bonds totaling $107 million for three Sonoma County school districts.

All three bonds required approval by 55 percent of voters and with all precincts reporting, the three each garnered more than 60 percent of the vote. The unofficial tally doesn’t yet include final mail-in ballot counts.

Measure A asked West Sonoma County Union High School District voters to approve a $91 million bond intended to modernize and renovate the district’s aging schools.

Approval for the measure received 63 percent of the vote.

The district includes Analy and Laguna high schools, both in Sebastopol, and El Molino High School and West County Charter Middle School, in Forestville.

Measure B, which asked voters to approve $6 million for the Alexander Valley Union School District, had nearly 61 percent voter approval.

The Alexander Valley School District serves about 115 students from kindergarten to sixth grade on its 70-year-old campus. The funds will pay to construct a new kindergarten classroom and a multipurpose room for the aging campus.

And Measure C, a $9.6 million bond proposed by Occidental’s 266-student Harmony Union School District, received 63 percent of the vote.

The district includes Harmony Elementary School, which serves kindergarten and first-grade students, and Salmon Creek School, with students in second through eighth grades.

You can reach Staff Writer Christi Warren at 707-521-5205 or christi.warren@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @SeaWarren.