Just 11% of registered Wellesley voters turned out Tuesday for the Special Town Election to consider debt exclusion questions to fund capital projects for Fiske and Schofield elementary schools, and to replace Wellesley Middle School windows that have been around since the 1950s. But of those that did, the overwhelming majority voted in favor of spending to fix the old facilities.
Here are the preliminary totals:
Question 1
Shall the Town of Wellesley be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two-and-one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to fund the design, construction, reconstruction, remodeling, rehabilitation, modernization and additions to the Fiske Elementary School at 45 Hastings Street and the Schofield Elementary School at 27 Cedar Street?
YES 1410
NO 370
BLANK 4
Question 2
Shall the Town of Wellesley be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two-and-one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to fund the costs associated with the replacement of approximately 280 original windows at Wellesley Middle School located at 40 Kingsbury Street?
YES 1423
NO 356
BLANK 5
1784 voters = 11% participation
