Rye City Schools are reporting the school bond, defeated yesterday, was even closer than reported Tuesday night. The "NO" vote prevailed by ten – 10 – votes only. (Previous reports had a gap of 18 votes.)

See the school district correspondence below:

From: Eric Byrne 
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 
To: Rye City School District Recipients 
Subject: Updated RCSD Capital Bond Proposal Vote Result

Dear Rye Community,

I am writing to share the updated results of the Capital Bond Proposal vote. After counting all of the affidavit and eligible absentee ballots, the vote count now stands at:

1,478 No
1,468 Yes

These are the voting results the District will send to the State for certification. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Eric Byrne, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools