LYNDEN, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Lynden residents will have another chance to approve a new high school this year.

The Lynden School Board voted to place a Capital Projects Bond on the Aug. 6 ballot at their meeting Thursday night.

The measure is virtually the same as the one placed on February’s special election ballot that garnered 51% support from voters, just short of the 60% mark that’s required for it to pass. In addition to building a new Lynden High School, the $157.5 million bond would add classrooms at Isom and Vossbeck Elementary Schools among other upgrades across the district.

The main change from the previous measure is a decrease in the property tax rate that residents would pay. The new bond would raise property taxes by $1.36 per $1,000 of assessed value, which would cost the owner of a $500,000 property $680 per year. That’s down from $1.53 per $1,000 of assessed value asked for in February’s measure.