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Our call — vote YES
The measure
Proposition 420, Mesa Unified School District's second question on November 3, 2026 (Maricopa County), asks voters for approval to sell or lease five named district parcels: McKellips Learning Center, Riverview, the Student Service Center, the Administrative Service Center, and Sunridge Learning Center. It is paired with Proposition 419, the district's $449 million bond.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the district to sell or lease those five named properties under the authorization's terms, converting surplus facilities into proceeds or lease revenue.
What NO does
A NO vote keeps all five parcels in district ownership, with their carrying and maintenance costs, and no sale or lease under this authorization can proceed.
The math
There is no tax in this question: the district's election materials state the site-sale question carries no additional tax impact. The five properties are named in the question itself. The sources retrieved do not print appraised values or an earmark for the proceeds, and they show no below-market term; we note the valuation gap rather than estimate values.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
Five named properties, no tax impact, no oddity in the text retrieved. A district carrying surplus learning and service centers it no longer needs should be able to sell or lease them with the voters' approval — which is exactly what this question asks for. Approve Proposition 420.
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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
- azcentral reporting identifying the five parcels and stating no additional tax impact, as recorded in the research file; proposition number per Save Our Schools Arizona
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.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.