Santa Fe Public Schools' bond election -- which renews the district's Senate Bill 9 mill levy, generating about $12.7 million per year for six years -- takes place Tuesday. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Revenues from the 2-mill levy are used to update technology, buy computers, improve libraries, provide playground and physical-education equipment and musical instruments, and perform minor repairs to existing school facilities. The levy also provides funding for emergency maintenance at schools.

The levy money cannot be used to pay salaries of school employees.

While local and state charter schools will receive some of the mill-levy money, about 89 percent of it will go to Santa Fe Public Schools.

This mill-levy bond should not be mixed up with the SB 9 bill sponsored by Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, that lowers the corporate income tax for New Mexico businesses and forces out-of-state businesses to pay more income tax.

Visit www.sfps.info to access the school district's presentation on the mill-levy bond or call the County Clerk's Office at 986-6280 for more information.



POLLING SITES

Acequia Madre Elementary School, 700 Acequia Madre St. (precincts 9, 36, 46, 47)

Agua Fría Community Center, 1 Prairie Dog Loop (precincts 66 and 80)

Aspen Community Magnet School, 350 La Madera (precincts 24, 25, 33)

Capshaw Middle School, 351 W. Zia Road (precincts 37, 54, 81)

Chaparral Elementary School, 2451 Avenida Chaparral (precincts 50, 51, 76, 77)

De Vargas Middle School, 720 Llano Road (precincts 35, 41)

El Dorado Community School, 2 Avenida Torreon (part of precinct 17 and precincts 13, 57, 63, 65, 69, 71)

Elks B.P.O.E. Lodge, 1615 Old Pecos Trail (precincts 48, 55)

El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia (precincts 26, 27)

Fort Marcy Recreation Complex, 490 Bishops Lodge Road (precincts 10, 22, 28, 30)

Gonzales Community School, 851 W. Alameda St. (precincts 11, 20, 21)

Hondo Fire Station No. 2, 645 Old Las Vegas Highway (precinct 68)

Kearny Elementary School, 901 Avenida de las Campanas (precincts 38, 39, 49, 56, 74)

La Cienega Community Center, 136 Camino San Jose (precincts 12, 62)

Piñon Elementary School, 2921 Camino de los Caballos (precincts 29, 78)

Salazar Elementary School, 1231 Apache Ave. (precincts 31, 32, 34)

Santa Fe Public Schools' Educational Services Center, 610 Alta Vista St. (precincts 42, 43, 52, 53)

St. Joseph's Parish Hall, 7 First St. (part of precinct 16 and precinct 72)

Sweeney Elementary School, 501 Airport Road (precinct 64, 67, 75, and 86)

Tesuque Elementary School, 1555 Bishops Lodge Road (part of precinct 7 and precinct 8)

Turquoise Trail Charter School, 13 A San Marcos Loop (precincts 14, 70, 88)

Unitarian Church, 107 W. Barcelona Road (precincts 44, 45)

Unity Church of Santa Fe, 1108 La Chuchara (part of precinct 82 and precinct 83)