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Voters in Hutchinson, Kansas, rejected a $200 million school bond issue by a 73% margin.

The proposal included building a new middle school and a new preschool facility.

Opposition centered on the 25-year property tax increase and the overall cost of the project.

Despite the bond's failure, two incumbent school board members who supported it were re-elected.

Hutchinson Public Schools, USD 308, suffered its largest-ever bond issue defeat in last Tuesday's election.

By a 73% margin, voters rejected spending slightly more than $200 million for improvements and ($110 bond issue plus interest) to move sixth-graders into a new middle school for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students along with a new home for preschoolers.

Just fewer than 5,000 cast ballots, represe

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