With a needed 55% voter approval for each measure both passed handily with each measure receiving well over 60% of the votes.
Measures I and N from the San Francisco Examiner:
Five schools in Belmont would get new classrooms, repairs to leaky roofs and other improvements if voters approve two bond measures on the November ballot totaling $70 million.
Measure N would give the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District $35 million to spend on facilities at four Belmont elementary schools - Nesbit, Fox, Central and Cipriani.
Measure I, a companion measure, would generate $25 million for Ralston Middle School. Both need a 55 percent majority vote to pass.
Measure I would cost property owners about $11 per $100,000 of assessed value annually, and Measure N will cost about $27 per $100,000, according to the school district. *With the median price in Belmont at $850,000 right now that would mean an additional $110.50 per year.
Measure N only impacts Belmont schools, so voters in Redwood Shores would not be affected.




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As Real Estate agents and homeowners in Belmont, we are directly involved with fielding questions about the local schools. The importance of quality education, beside the obvious responsibility of providing education as a social benefit, has a direct bearing on a city’s quality of life which translates indirectly into higher home values. Whether a homeowner has children benefitting from the great education Belmont’s schools provide or not, supporting the local schools is one of the least expensive and best investments a homeowner can make to increase property values.
The Belmont/Redwood Shores school district continues to excel and part of their success is attributable to Belmont’s School Force™, a non-profit organization founded in 2001 which concentrates their efforts on improving the quality of education in our schools through fundraising for programs which would otherwise be discontinued.
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We’re running a business and part of our advertising campaign is to remind people of our services. We currently mail our Belmont Market Report, and the Morgan Report real estate update, to thousands of Belmont residents. With the prevalent adoption of high speed Internet access and quality HTML e-mail delivery options, our goal is to replace our postal mailing with e-mail and significantly reduce paper consumption and our costs so we may continue to offer aggressively discounted fees to our clients—it’s a win-win situation for everyone including Belmont’s schools!
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