BREMERTON — The Bremerton School District Capital Projects Levy passed after 61.83 percent of voters voted to approve it, as of 4:57 p.m. Feb. 10.

A total of 6,478 people voted, with 4,172 voting to approve and 2,576 voting to deny the levy.

The district was asking for $8.606 million spread out between 2017-2019. This money will be used in a variety of ways.

“We looked at the community needs based on four areas: student safety, asset preservation, systems and instructional and community spaces,” said Patty Glaser community relations person with the Bremerton School District.

That includes maintaining the district’s current buildings, upgrading the telephone systems and security cameras (in both schools and buses), completing the upgrades to the district fire alarms, updating and maintaining roofs and HVAC systems, removing the unusable parts of the old East High building, adding turf fields to the high school and Knight field and maintaining the performance arts center.

Glaser said, “Those are some big things that, as we’ve talked to people in the community, surveyed what our needs are, understanding our community’s priorities (were important).”

The total payout in 2017 will be $2.961 million, with an estimated rate of 94 cents per $1,000. In 2018, it will be a total of $2.795 million, with an estimated 88 cents per $1,000. The total amount in 2019 will be $2.85 million, with an estimated rate of 88 cents per $1,000.

“Thank you to the community and a huge thank you to the Citizens for Good Schools Committee, who took this on and really worked tirelessly with different groups … who really worked hard to make sure people had the information they needed,” said Glaser.

To learn more about the Capital Projects Levy, visit www.bremertonschools.org/page/6384. To view the results of the vote, visit results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/kitsap.