REED CITY — Reed City Area Schools said it’s back to square one after their second attempt to pass a bond proposal worth more than $75 million was voted down last night.

A similar bond worth more than $88 million request was voted down back in May.

Reed City Superintendent Mike Sweet said this second proposal was overwhelmingly rejected by the voters. The proposal was defeated by close to 75% of people who voted.

“No votes stayed basically the same, maybe increased a little bit, but the yes votes weren’t there. So, I’m guessing right now nobody liked the proposal the way it was written,” said Sweet.

Sweet said he wasn’t surprised by the results.

“I was hoping it would do a little bit better than it did, maybe to show that we gained some ground, but we cut some significant things out o

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