Canyon County school levies pass, Middleton bond fails

Canyon County school levies pass, Middleton bond fails

Canyon County voters made multimillion-dollar decisions in Tuesday’s consolidated election, determining funding for some of the county’s school districts.

School leaders reflect on 'disheartening' and 'eye-opening' bond losses

From the moment the polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, Marc Gee was pressing refresh on his computer screen.  The Middleton School District superintendent doesn’t want to admit how many times he did that before official election results came out around 11 p.m.: His district’s $19.9 million bond measure had failed with 53% support — short of the nearly 67% needed.  It was Middleton’s seventh failed bond ask since 2018.  Wednesday morning, Gee …