Nearly 62% of residents voted no to $14 million proposal that would have raised taxes by 3.33 mills.
"It’s time to give the voters a chance to vote on were we want to go from here, we owe that to the community to allow them to vote," said Madden.
The millage would've allow the district to upgrade the school buildings and educational programming.
Homeowner’s would have been be taxed based on their property value.
If your home is worth $ 80,000.00 the millage would be around $0.36 a day, or $133.00 a year.
Superintendent Mark Madden has worked in the district for more than 30 years. He said although times are hard, the community should think of the students first.
"There's never a good time to ask for a bond increase, I came here in 1969 and that one had successfully passed, but that was when there was 200 thousand people in the city of Flint and thousands in the Genesee County area," said Madden.
Senior Erin West supported the millage.
"It's important not only academically, but in the gym and getting a new track and things," said West.
Michelle Miller, mother of three children in the school district says the passage would help her children compete into today's global economy.
“Technology is a big thing for the kids, even the youngest my youngest is in head start and he's using the computer on a daily bases and so the kids are plugged in and they need something to stimulate them and we want out kids to stay on the cutting edge," said Miller.
Officials said if they did not get the millage funding, they would be forced to make other cut backs.
