STOCKBRIDGE, MI — Voters in the Stockbridge school district have approved a $15 million bond to improve school infrastructure.

Residents voted 1,042 to 857 on Tuesday, Nov. 4, to approve permission to borrow up to $15,100,000 for 15 years to pay for several major capital improvements.

The Stockbridge Community School district spans portions of Ingham, Jackson, Livingston and Washtenaw Counties.

Approving the bond will maintain the school district’s current millage rate of 3.3 mills with no increase or decrease in the tax rate.

One mill is equal to $1 paid in property taxes per every $1,000 of a property’s taxable value, roughly half of market value. As an example, the owner of a $200,000 home would continue to pay about $330 a year for the millage.

The bond will fund multiple construc

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