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Our call — vote YES
The measure
The Phoenix Elementary School District (Maricopa County) asks voters on November 3, 2026 to authorize $97,800,000 in bonds, repaid from secondary property taxes on taxable property in the district.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the district to sell up to $97.8 million in bonds for its capital program and to levy the secondary property taxes needed to repay them with interest.
What NO does
A NO vote denies the authorization. The capital work must be deferred, scaled back, or paid from other funds, and no tax is levied for these bonds.
The math
The homeowner price is printed: an estimated cost of $161 per year for 23 years on a $250,000 home, as reported from the district's election materials. Principal is $97.8 million, with a stated 23-year cost window on that home value. The sources retrieved do not print a total-interest figure or a purpose-by-purpose dollar breakdown, and we do not estimate either — the amount, the per-home cost, and the term are disclosed.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
A $97.8 million capital authorization with its price stated the way a homeowner actually pays it — $161 a year for 23 years on a $250,000 home. The tax effect is disclosed and the borrowing is for capital. Approve it.
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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 of the estimated homeowner cost ($161/year for 23 years on a $250,000 home), 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.