The Sedgwick County Election Office has released the final results of the USD 259 Wichita $450 million school bond on Friday. The bond failed by just over 300 votes.
The school district said that they wanted the $450 million bond to make the district more efficient.
Officials said prior to the vote that 4 elementary schools would close regardless of outcome. Those schools are L’Ouverture, OK, Pleasant Valley, and Woodland.
The final vote count was: 13,889 yes votes for the bond and 14,206 no votes, a difference of 317 votes.