SAGINAW TWP, MI — For the second time in two years, Saginaw Township voters rejected a multimillion-dollar school district bond proposal aimed at updating aging facilities.

During a Tuesday, Nov. 4, election, residents voted against the $169.2 million Saginaw Township Community Schools bond proposal, 7,691 to 4,735 votes, Saginaw County clerk records stated .

The proposal represented a price tag reduction compared to the $242.9 million bond proposal that fell short by a vote of 8,671 to 2,540 in May 2023.

The campaigns for both bond issues involved sometimes-heated debate that often centered on the financial burden the measures would place on taxpayers during uncertain economic times.

Advocates argued the benefits of updated facilities — buildings erected more than a half-century a

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