Despite concerns from some Mehlville Board of Education members about placing a bond issue on an upcoming ballot during a period of economic uncertainty, a survey shows that most voters are in favor of such a measure.
In a scientific telephone survey conducted by Springfield-based company Opinion Research Specialists the second week of November, 67 percent of the 401 frequent voters polled in the district said that they would vote in favor of a no-tax-rate-increase bond issue on the April 2021 ballot.
A bond issue requires a 57.1-percent “yes” vote in order to pass.
A survey of frequent voters is the best way to conduct a scientific survey of district residents, since voting records give the most reliable sample available of people who live in the district, then-Superintendent Norm Ridder said when the district first conducted that type of survey with Opinion Research Specialists in 2014.