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The new $289 million plan defers, drops or reduces about a dozen projects from the two previous proposals.

The district, having failed to win approval of a $517 million plan, wants to gauge the public's tolerance for a $440 million alternative.

Recent polling results for a retooled $440 million bond plan did not improve much beyond the surveys for a more expensive measure in March.

Voters in the Tamalpais Union High School District will decide whether to approve a $517 million bond measure to repair and replace aging facilities in the district's high schools.

The $90 million complex would replace a cluster of half-century-old buildings in the rear of the Mill Valley campus.

A taxpayers advocate urged the district to take a "timeout to reassess, prioritize and engage the off-campus broad community in the discussion."

A survey found sufficient support to pass a $517 million measure for building repairs and other projects.