Colfax school board meets before tally

The Colfax School board met Monday night, 24 hours before the result of much of their work over the past year would be known.

Tuesday night would bring preliminary election results for the school district's $18.9 million bond measure.

“Gotta hit that 40 percent of the previous election turnout, and we've done that,” Superintendent Jerry Pugh informed the board, reporting that ballots already received had reached the threshold by state law to be certified.

Pugh then complimented the district staff for their recent work, especially principals.

“It's crunchtime gearing up for assessment season,”...