Her husband, Charlie, said the festival hits home a little more for him. He has made his career for the past 32 years hauling sheep. I only wear it once a year. Everybody says go back. After the school board picks an election date and approves the wording of a measure, their role as decision-makers ends.
Board members can help out but the campaign is run by private citizens.
Volunteers are weary and two fund-raising efforts in one year might stretch the limits of donors' generosity, Augustine said. He also expressed concern about tossing Vacaville's bond measure in with a presidential choice and numerous state propositions already on the ballot. If trustees decide Thursday to move ahead with a November election, the board will have to meet again to approve a bond resolution before Aug. 11 - the deadline to submit a measure to the county's Registrar of Voters. It would help pay to upgrade outdated heating and air conditioning systems, replace flooring and ceiling tiles, wire the schools for computers and other technology needs and build two new campuses to alleviate overcrowding. Instead, Tramutola told trustees earlier this month that garnering two-thirds of the vote will require a larger and more energized volunteer base than they had last spring.