Voters approve $100,000 levy for Whitefish High School

Whitefish voters approved a $100,000 levy for Whitefish High School general fund operations on May 6.  

Preliminary election results show 2,371 (59%) voted for and 1,638 (41%) voted against.

The levy will result in a tax increase of $0.86 per year for every $100,000 of a home's tax assessed value.  

The funding will help offset the rising cost of consumables, repairs and maintenance, utilities, equipment rental, audit services, curriculum, professional development, compensation, and other expenses, according to the Whitefish School District.  

There was no Whitefish School Board trustee election, as incumbents Elizabeth Pitman and Darcy Schellinger were voted in by acclamation for additional three-year terms.

In Kalispell, voters in School District 5 approved a $2.97 million levy request on Tuesday, snapping an 18-year streak of rejecting high school district levies. 

Preliminary school and special district election results for May 6, 2025. Preliminary results are unofficial until each respective school board and special district canvases them.  

Kalispell Public Schools High School Levy 

* For 11,641 (55.57%) 

Against 9,307 (44.43%) 

Whitefish High School Levy 

* For 2,371 (59%) 

Against 1,638 (41%) 

Deer Park School Bond 

Yes 142 (32%) 

* No 303 (68%) 

West Valley Fire Mill Levy 

* For 1,625 

Against 981 

Cayuse Prairie School Trustee (vote for 1) 

David Dowell 343 

* Susan Horner-Till 489 

Smith Valley School Trustee (vote for 2) 

Jodi Brown 138 

* Joe Heidecker 217 

Kayla Huchendorf 152 

* Josh Hunt 274 

Deer Park School Trustee (vote for 1) 

* Cynthia Barnes 184 

Mikala Cordes 162 

Bigfork Fire Trustee (vote for 2) 

* Bob Borges 413 

Nick Purchio 375 

* Andrew Sliter 764