Iola and USD 257 voters said “No, No” at the polls Tuesday.
Voters resoundingly rejected a proposed $50 million school bond referendum that would have paid for new elementary and high schools at the north edge of Iola.
Unofficially, the bond vote failed, 62 percent to 38 percent (1,812 to 1,128).
A corresponding sales tax vote, that would have increased Iola’s citywide tax one-half percent also failed, 58 percent to 42 percent (1,027 to 740). Half of the proceeds from the sales tax increase would have gone to upkeep of city…
