The Columbia Falls School District’s bid for an $84.8 million bond for high school renovations and an expansion didn’t pass muster with voters Tuesday.

“We came up a little short,” Superintendent Cory Dziowgo said Wednesday morning.

According to preliminary, unofficial results from Tuesday night, 68% of voters cast their ballots against the measure. A total of 4,617 ballots were tallied on the school bond ask.

If passed, it would have provided funds for the high school’s first significant renovations in 30 years to address safety challenges, increase the school’s capacity and provide enhanced career and technical programming options to students.

The district has engaged in a years-long effort to bring its schools into the modern age. The high school would have been the last building to

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