No votes lead on Lockport High School $85 million plan to renovate Central campus – Shaw Local
Lockport High School District 205’s highly debated referendum, asking voters to approve $85 million in bonds to refurbish the district’s 115-year-old Central Campus, appears to have failed following months of campaigning, tours of the building, Q&A sessions, and additional , emergency construction after a ceiling in the school collapsed in November.
By 10 pm on Tuesday night, No votes lead by 963, representing 53.8% of the vote on a night with very low turnout. The defeat was spearheaded by voters in Homer Glen’s precincts and only 15.4% of eligible voters participated. Only one out of 19 precincts in Homer Township…