Bond Progress

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BUILDING FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

Thanks to voters' passage of the March 14, 2017 bond (86% yes vote), a large number of bond projects are currently underway and/or have been completed. Passage of the bond supports an Educational Facilities Master Plan to reinvest in our neighborhood schools and community with NO increase in the current property tax rate.   Learn more about the completed and current projects.

Watch the following video to learn about progress made on the 2017 Bond Projects. (Update: As of July 2023, Nearly 90% of the projected work has been completed by more than 300 architects, construction firms and sub-contractors). 




 

 

Whittier Elementary SchoolFairmont Junior High SchoolLongfellow Elementary SchoolCollister Elementary SchoolAmity Elementary SchoolPierce Park Elementary SchoolBorah High School Advanced Placement Chemistry Class

The bond supports an Educational Facilities Master Plan that directs us to make significant facility improvements today while preparing for the educational needs of students well into the future.

The bond supports an Educational Facilities Master Plan which is accountable, addressing critical facility problems now so they don’t cost taxpayers more later.

The bond addresses our most pressing needs regarding poor condition, overcrowding & improving educational adequacy while ensuring every school receives attention.

The bond will help meet the needs of today's students and the students of the future by reinvesting in our schools and in our communities.

The bond supports an Educational Facilities Master Plan that serves as a clear reflection of our community's commitment to high-quality neighborhood schools.

The bond supports an Educational Facilities Master Plan that represents a thoughtful balance between hard data, demographic & enrollment projections & input from parents, patrons, staff & students.

The bond will provide students with access to safe modern classrooms and schools that reflect best practices and technology - ensuring students graduate career and college ready.



Bond Fast Facts
  • The amount of the bond is $172.5 million.
  • The amount of the bond will NOT raise the current property tax rate.
  • The bond supports a 10 year Educational Facilities Master Plan that:
    • Provides direction for the District on how best to meet our most pressing needs regarding poor condition, overcrowding & improving educational adequacy while ensuring every school receives attention.
    • Puts the District in a place that will allow us to make significant improvements today while preparing for the educational needs of students well into the future.
    • Is accountable, addressing critical school facility problems now so they don't cost taxpayers more later.
    • Provides students with access to safe modern classrooms and schools that reflect best practices and technology - ensuring students graduate career and college ready.
    • Demonstrates a thoughtful balance between hard data, demographic and enrollment projections, and the input from parents, patrons, staff and students.
    • Serves as a clear reflection of our community's commitment to high-quality neighborhood schools.
  • The bond is providing facility improvements for ALL 48 schools, plus major building projects for 22 schools.
  • The bond is investing more than $155 million into 22 major capital projects, including building six new schools on their current sites, a new school in the Harris Ranch area, as well as expansion of the District's Professional-Technical Education center to offer Electrical, Plumbing and Heating-Air Conditioning job training classes.