Board members will meet Saturday to discuss $16 to $17 million in cuts to extracurricular programs the levy would pay for, such as athletics, foreign languages, music and drama.

The levy was failing Wednesday with about 47 percent voting yes. The district also had a technology levy on the ballot to pay for computers and equipment, which was failing Wednesday by less than 1 percent. Results will be final March 5.

Here is how other school levies were faring:

SCHOOL LEVY RETURNS

Returns as of Wednesday evening

District Yes No Percent Yes

Carbonado 107 47 69.48%

Centralia 45 6042.86%

Federal Way 9,217 5,53662.48%

Griffin 949 71457.07%

Olympia 7,576 5,43458.23%

Rainier 528 48851.97%

Rochester 1,152 1,24248.12%

Tenino 1,023 95051.85%

Tumwater 4,175 3,58546.20%

Yelm 2,476 2,55449.22%

N. Thurston Prop. 1 (operations) 8,490 9,55447.08%

N. Thurston Prop. 2 (technology) 8,878 9,13949.28%

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