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Our call — vote YES
The measure
Proposition 429, Peoria Unified School District's second question on November 3, 2026 (Maricopa County), asks voters for approval to sell or long-term lease two named properties: the district administration center and Kachina Elementary School, which closed at the end of the 2025–26 school year.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the district to sell or long-term lease the administration center and the closed Kachina Elementary campus under the authorization's terms.
What NO does
A NO vote keeps both properties in district ownership, with their carrying costs — including a school campus that is already closed — and no sale or long-term lease under this authorization can proceed.
The math
There is no tax in this question. The properties are named, and one of them is a school the district has already closed. The sources retrieved do not print appraised values, minimum prices, or an earmark for proceeds, and they show no below-market term; we note the valuation gap rather than estimate values.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
A closed school and a surplus administration center, named in the question, with no tax attached and no oddity in the text retrieved. Holding empty buildings is not stewardship. Authorize the sale or long-term lease.
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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 two properties and Kachina Elementary's closure at the end of 2025–26, as recorded in the research file
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.