Voters in the Brandon area on Tuesday got a second chance to approve a fiscal year 2025 spending plan for the Otter Valley Unified Union schools. They said, no thank you.
In all school districts, boards struggled with the double-digit rising costs of health insurance for their employees, general inflation and the loss of federal money started during the pandemic.
In what’s shaping up to be a season of “nay” in the area, the proposed FY25 budget for the Otter Valley Unified Union School District was rejected by district voters on Tuesday, with 891 votes (40%) in favor and 1,325 votes (60%) against.
The Otter Valley Unified Union School District budget was defeated, 522-462, by voters in the Brandon-area district on Tuesday.
