Measure E: Reed district voters pass parcel-tax renewal

A 12-year parcel-tax renewal and extension the Reed Union School District says is vital to retaining teachers and maintaining programs won an easy victory on the Nov. 5 ballot. Measure E, which renews the existing $589 parcel tax with an annual 3-percent escalator through June 2031, was approved by 73.5 percent of voters in the election; it needed two-thirds approval to pass. The measure was posed to residents of the district, which covers Tiburon, Belvedere and part of East Corte Madera; it was the only local measure on the ballot.

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