Early spring is the soonest the district could place one on the ballot. A new law allows districts to place funding measures on the ballot any Tuesday of the year with 120 days notice. A local bond is the most popular of all options listed in a recent telephone survey. A two-thirds majority is needed for a bond to pass. It's not clear which route the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District will take as it maps out a plan.
Options run the gamut.
Four have flopped in the Fairfield-Suisun district over the last decade. Districts that have more money committed to projects than they have in the bank can also qualify for hardship funding. Assemblywoman Helen Thomson, D-Solano, is holding a town hall meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Fairfield City Council Chamber to discuss Proposition 1A and how to help Solano County win some of the state bond money. Don't tell anyone, but a pretty good game broke out at Frank Molina Gymnasium Friday night. Between the winter ball and a tournament across town, the turnout was light for the Don Trolinger Invitational.