Unofficial results for an $80 million bond package as part of the May 4 election show resounding numbers in favor of the initiative.
With 99.36% of the vote in, results show 2,704 in favor of the bond to 573 against.
The bond, which appeared as Proposition A on the ballot, calls for the issuance of bonds to be used for district projects, including:
—instructional, co-curricular and extracurricular spaces, including robotics, wrestling and aquatics;
—safety and security improvements;
—student programs and support, including technology systems and equipment;
—promotion of energy efficiency and conservation;
—facility systems and site improvements throughout the district, including plumbing, roofing, heating, ventilation, air
conditioning, surfaces and other systems; and
the purchase of new school buses.
The bonds will be issued in multiple sequences. $69 million will go toward improvement and upgrade projects. The three proposed facilities—robotics expansion, the aquatics center and multipurpose facility prioritized as a space for the wrestling team—would cost about $15 million total.
Bond language stipulates that no more than $4 million can come from outside sources for the facilities, meaning $11 million in bonds will fund them. The issuance of those bonds will be contingent upon board approval after permitting has been complete and more exact maintenance and operations costs—and whether an aquatics facility would cost money, break even or bring in a profit—are established.
The language also allows for an aquatics facility to be combined with a multipurpose facility should the board determine that is the best option.