(Editor’s note: This story was updated with the 4 p.m. May 21 release of vote tabulations).

With a $421.3 million Tigard-Tualatin School District bond race too close to call the day after Election Day, district officials are hoping the approval, currently ahead by 520 votes, will continue. 

At issue is the Tuesday, May 20, bond measure that would rebuild Fowler Middle School and make extensive renovations and repairs on other district schools. As of Thursday morning, the measure was leading with 51.5% of to the total votes.

“We’re not out of the woods yet, but I’m hopeful about our path forward,” Tristan Irvin, Tigard-Tualatin school board chair, said in a statement Tuesday morning. “We are deeply grateful to our voters for recognizing the need and stepping up to provide our students and teachers with the modern, safe, and supportive learning environments they deserve.”

“The number of total counted ballots, accepted ballots, is going to go up. We’re going to have another results reporting this afternoon at 4 p.m., and then again on Friday,” said Dan Forester, Washington County Elections manager, before the Wednesday vote tabulation. “So we’ll see if that narrows or widens.”