Board adopts resolution to call trustee election and preserve technology/safety levy options

The Hamilton K-12 Schools Board of Trustees adopted a resolution calling a trustee election by mail for May 5 and authorizing the district to include technology and/or school safety and security levies on that ballot.

Chair said the resolution "gives us the flexibility" to decide later which measures to request and noted a statutory date change prompted the timing. Trustees discussed that the resolution preserves multiple options — one levy, the other, neither or both — and that the board can amend the request through February as they refine the proposal.

The board moved and approved the resolution with no further amendments at the meeting.

Why it matters: calling an election and preserving levy options keeps funding choices open for capital and safety projects. The board framed the action as procedural: it creates the ability to place measures before voters while the district continues internal planning and public outreach.

Next steps: staff will work with district counsel and election officials on ballot language and bring proposed levy amounts and language back for board action before the February amendment deadline.