The good news about the school bond issue in Lolo was a voter turnout of nearly 70 percent. The bad news was the issue failed by a narrow margin... again.
The effort to keep Lolo school district voters fully informed regarding the upcoming school bond issue request continues, as the date approaches to send out ballots.
The $10 million dollar bond issue to build a new Lolo School failed in October, and now, officials are meeting to decide their next step in expanding the aging facility.
For the last century, students in Lolo have attended classes in a patchwork of buildings, but in September, Lolo property owners will have the chance to build a new $10.5 million dollar K-4 school building, through a bond issue.
Lolo School 8th grader Sam Person correctly spelled the word 'lexicology' to win the 2013 Missoula County Spelling Bee Thursday afternoon in the Dorothy Johnson Theater at Sentinel High School.