Voters Tuesday called for historic changes to schools in northern Sacramento County. They approved Measure B by 60 percent to 40 percent, voting to form a new K-12 school district.

It means the Grant Joint Union High School District, along with the Rio Linda, North Sacramento and Del Paso Heights elementary districts, will cease to exist by the end of June 2008. On July 1, 2008, they merge into a new K-12 district that will serve about 30,000 students.

The unified district will improve education by keeping kids in one system from kindergarten through 12th grade, supporters argued, and will spend tax dollars more efficiently. After many failed attempts to reorganize north-area school districts, supporters said they were finally vindicated.

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By Laurel Rosenhall
Sacramento Bee