Auditor: Too late to pull $265M Des Moines schools bond from ballot

• The bond is projected to raise property taxes about $200 a year for a home assessed at around $210,000, according to DMPS estimates.

Zoom in: Former superintendent Ian Roberts was a key figure in the "Reimagining Education" concept, which includes "signature" career-pathway schools, preschool expansion, and facility upgrades for its 30,000 students.

• Supporters of the plan gathered more than 9,000 signatures to add the plan to the ballot, which they presented to the school board on Sept. 16.
• Roberts, a Guyana native, was detained by federal immigration agents less than two weeks later.

Reality check: Not everyone believes that the vote is doomed.

• Democratic strategist Jeff Link tells Axios that voters see the referendum and the issues with Roberts as separate.
• Yes For Des Moines Schools advocates are moving forward with their campaign, Amber Graeber, a parent and volunteer with the group, tells Axios.

What's next: Ballots for the Nov. 4 election will start being sent out next week.