Voters approve renewal of levy for Chimacum schools

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Voters in the Chimacum School District were enthusiastically pushing Proposition 1 to victory in the first vote tally in Tuesday’s Special Election.

Prop. 1 is a continuation levy on property taxes to pay for school programs, operations and maintenance.

The measure was passing easily with 66.09 percent in favor, and 33.91 percent against.

The levy will raise $2.1 million in property taxes to pay for teachers, programs and upkeep of local schools in 2022.

A total of 4,288 ballots were counted for Chimacum’s Prop. 1 Tuesday.

There were 2,834 votes in favor, and 1,454 opposed.

Three other school districts with voters in Jefferson County also had renewals of property tax levies on Tuesday’s ballot; Sequim, Quillayute Valley and Queets-Clearwater school districts.

In  Queets-Clearwater, voters gave the levy a “yes” vote of 63.64 percent, and “no” vote of 36.36 percent. With relatively few voters in the district, there were 14 ballots approving Prop. 1, and eight ballots against.

Quillayute Valley’s levy was passing easily; 71.43 percent in favor, 28.57 opposed.

The Sequim replacement levy was falling to defeat in the initial vote tally.

With 158 ballots counted, the levy was failing with 46.84 percent in favor, and 53.16 percent against.

In Sequim, voters also faced a second proposition to improve school facilities. That proposal had an identical tally Tuesday; 46.84 percent “yes,” and 53.16 percent "no.”