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Our call — vote YES
The measure
The Arlington Elementary School District (Maricopa County) asks voters on November 3, 2026 to authorize $3,000,000 in bonds, under the district's official informational pamphlet published by the Maricopa County School Superintendent. Bonds are repaid from secondary property taxes levied on taxable property in the district.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the district to sell up to $3,000,000 in bonds, in phased sales through 2033 per the pamphlet, and to levy the secondary property taxes needed to repay them with interest.
What NO does
A NO vote denies the authorization. The district cannot sell these bonds or levy for them, and the projects the borrowing would have funded must be deferred, scaled back, or paid for from other funds.
The math
The pamphlet prints the full price, not just the principal: the estimated total cost with interest is $3,803,250 on the $3,000,000 authorization — roughly $803,250 of interest over the life of the phased sales through 2033. That is the honest way to present a bond, and it is printed here. The pamphlet summary retrieved does not break out a per-homeowner annual figure; the total cost of the borrowing is disclosed, and we do not estimate the missing per-home figure.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
This is a small, fully priced capital authorization: $3 million of principal, $3,803,250 all-in, sold in phases through 2033. The district told voters the total cost including interest before asking. That disclosure earns the YES.
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Sources
- Maricopa County School Superintendent — Bond and Override Elections (2026), and the district informational pamphlet linked from that page (accessed October 25, 2026) — https://schoolsup.org/bond-and-override-elections
- Arlington Elementary informational pamphlet (Maricopa County School Superintendent) — $3,000,000 authorization; estimated total cost with interest $3,803,250; phased sales through 2033 — https://schoolsup.org/s/ArlingtonESD2026.pdf
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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