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# Measure EE fails; SMMUSD weighs a March special election parcel tax
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/111802-story/
- Published: 2002-11-18T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:56:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Malibu, #archive-import

Now that Measure EE, the $300 parcel tax that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District board hoped would inject some needed cash into the public school system, has failed at the ballot box, and SMMUSD Supe-rinten-dent John Deasy has described the district’s financial situation as “catastrophic,” things aren’t looking too good for teachers and students alike.

> “Should the voters bail out the school district and ensure the public education system won’t suffer? Or should the school board find a way to tighten their belts during these lean economic times just like everyone?”

But there has been talk that the district may put another measure before the voters during a special election in March, and teacher layoffs, student bus fee hikes and classroom size increases, among other things, may be avoided.

So Q-line wants to know: Call (310) 385-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 18, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111802.pdf?ref=smdp.com)