District Asks for Bond Input from Guardians, Staff, Community

As a reminder, our ThoughtExchange about the bond measure is open through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4. The ThoughtExchange is one of several methods that district leaders are using to gather feedback about the November 5 School Modernization and Construction Bond measure. So far, 67 % of those who have participated in the ThoughtExchange are students.

The $642.3 million bond would have funded Safety and Security Updates districtwide; High School Capacity and Program Expansion districtwide; Building Modernization and Energy Efficiency districtwide; and projects related to Student Support, Well Being and Athletics districtwide. The measure was approved by 50.08% (29,581) of voters, and rejected by 49.92% (29,487) of voters. Bond measures require a supermajority of 60% approval in order to pass.

School Board members discussed the bond and next steps during their November 14 meeting. In case you missed it, we shared a full recap in our November 18 bulletin. The directors asked staff to prepare a possible future measure with no tax increase; and also the feasibility of contingency plans to accommodate over capacity enrollment at the high school level, in case a potential bond measure fails. 

To participate in the exchange, parents/guardians, staff and community members are invited to visit the website and share thoughts, then rate others' thoughts (this step helps us identify themes and trends).

In addition to the ThoughtExchange, the School Board is hosting two listening sessions to hear from community members; and the district is reconvening the Bond Advisory Committee that helped plan the measure, to ask for committee members' thoughts. All community members are invited to the listening sessions:

• 5:30-6:45 p.m. on December 9 at Pine Lake Middle School.
• 7:30-8:45 p.m. on December 9 at Cougar Mountain Middle School.