PHOENIX — The Western Maricopa Education Center (West-MEC) has two items on the Nov. 4 ballot: a $415 million bond proposal and a request to approve a real estate sale.

West-MEC Superintendent Scott Spurgeon said neither measure would result in a tax increase. The current tax rate for community members is $0.13 per $100 of assessed property value.

Spurgeon noted that he personally pays just over $55 per month in taxes to West-MEC. That amount would remain the same if the bond is approved.

“The exponential growth, there’s been a lot more economic growth happening in the West Valley,” Spurgeon told KTAR News 92.3 FM.

Why will voters cast ballots impacting West-MEC?

Bond funds would be used to purchase 14 acres of land in Peoria, expand the Northeast campus in Deer Valley, begin construc

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