Today, voters in the St. Paul school district rejected a nearly $18 million bond issue that would have funded facility improvements at St. Paul Public Schools.

On Tuesday, just before 6:00 p.m., Howard County Election Commissioner Brenda Klanecky reported that, unofficially, 784 patrons of the district voted against the bond issue, while 602 voted in favor of it.

With four days remaining for voters in the St. Paul school district to submit their ballots for St. Paul Public Schools’ special bond election, over fifty percent of votes have already been cast.

Late Friday afternoon, Howard County Election Commissioner Brenda Klanecky reported that, as of 4:00 p.m., 1,301 ballots had been received by her office. Klanecky reported that, over 2,500 ballots had been sent out in the all-mail special election.