RILEY COUNTY -Voters of school district USD 378 in Riley County voted overwhelmingly against a $22.5 million bond issue on Tuesday.

The bond issue included upgrades to both the grade school in Riley and the high school just outside of town, northwest of Manhattan.

Exterior improvements at the grade school included the removal of modular homes, which are currently being used as classrooms but provide limited safety in terms of natural disasters.

In addition, the construction of a new car loop in front of the grade school and more parking space to help provide a safer spot for parents to drop their children off, and relieve some of the congestion with buses.

The plans also included moving the middle school grades to the high school campus, which would expand by 11 classrooms and 7 refurbished rooms to accommodate the extra grades.

A total of 1,276 voters out of a possible 2,800 who were registered showed up to vote.

The unofficial results according to rileycountyks.gov showed the votes at 63.18%, or 803 votes going against the bond issue, with 468 votes, or 36.82% being for the proposal.