In the recent local election, a 180 million dollar bond was voted down. The proposition, which was made so maintenance could be done to TUSD’s schools, lost by 41 to 59 percent. The decision was not popular with a number of TUSD employees, and one board member, Dr. Mark Stegeman, wrote an open letter to everyone involved with TUSD, critiquing the decision to strike it down. In addition, Stegeman asked numerous departments in TUSD to review their budgets and make cuts where they can, as the budget is already stretched thin, and with the large amount of students leaving the district, there will be a 4.5 million dollar budget cut. Unfortunately, even the 180 million dollars could not have fully funded the repairs necessary, with the necessary number actually being closer to 450 million dollars. There are many reasons this was not passed, but the foremost issue is TUSD’s reputation of misallocating funds that were previously given to them. In time, hopefully TUSD can remedy these issues.