Piñon Elementary School parent Rod Hasson doesn’t know the specifics of Santa Fe Public Schools' request to voters for a $150 million general obligation bond — or the projects the property tax-funded bond aims to bring to local schools.

It still has his vote.

 “They have my support for anything educational for sure,” said Hasson, who usually reads up on initiatives like bonds shortly before elections.

“ New Mexico is the last in education," he said. "We used to beat Mississippi. We don't even beat Mississippi anymore.”

Not everyone has been so optimistic about the district's proposal in the Nov. 4 local election, when area voters also will decide on a new Santa Fe mayor, city councilors and school board members, among other nonpartisan races and ballot questions. Early voting began Tue

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