According to a survey that polled 400 voters in Moorpark, 59 percent of residents would support a proposal to extend the existing Bond Measure R that was passed in 2002, but they are not likely to endorse a new parcel tax on the same ballot.

The bond measure extension, which needs a 55 percent majority to pass, would maintain the $43 annual payment per $100,000 of assessed property value for an additional five to seven years without increasing the amount, said Larry Brown, assistant superintendent for Moorpark Unified School District.

The original $33million 25year capital improvement bond money was used to make improvements at most schools. But Bond Measure R funds were not sufficient to support capital improvements at Moorpark High School, which needs new roofing and other structural upgrades, said school officials.

The district wants to extend the bond to update technology on all campuses and make the necessary repairs to the high school, which is over 18 years old, said Brown.

According to the survey, conducted by Dale Scott & company, only about 50 percent of voters would support a new parcel tax, which needs a twothirds approval vote to pass.

"The bond extension tested well, but the parcel tax not so well," Brown said.

The bond extension proposal must be finalized before midJuly to appear on the ballot in the November general election.

"As disappointing as it is that both can't go on the November ballot, I still hold out hope that the parcel tax could be proposed on a later ballot in the spring," Brown said.

"The good thing about a local parcel tax is that the funds would stay right here in Moorpark and be earmarked for specific programs here," school trustee Ron Laguardia said in an earlier interview.

According to John Isom, consultant for Dale Scott & Company, voters are mostly satisfied with the level of education provided in Moorpark.

Forty-three percent of people who took part in the survey have children who attend local schools and 68 percent say the district is heading in the right direction.

The survey showed that a senior citizen exemption could bring additional voter support for both the bond measure extension and a new parcel tax.