Depending on where they live, property owners in the Acalanes Union High School district already pay as many as eight different special taxes to supplement funding for education.
Now trustees of the Central Contra Costa district are asking voters to approve another one. Rather than put Measure T on a ballot during an election year with other races that generate high public interest, they have called a costly off-year special election for May 6, when voter turnout and opposition will likely be low.