Schools
School Bond Subcommittee Meets Thursday
The group will study a potential school bond issue and projects it should cover.
The subcommittee charged with studying a potential school bond issue meets at 6:30 Thursday at the .
The to explore a school bond issue for a potential February ballot.
The subcommittee, which is made up of the Operations Committee and also will incorporate community members, first will examine if a bond is needed and then decide which items it would finance.
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The process of forming the subcommittee will be finalized Thursday.
Ferndale Superintendent Gary Meier told the Operations Committee last week that to maximize the capacity of the bond, it would have to be on the February ballot. If it ends up on that ballot and passes, the bond would be $24 million. After February, the capacity of the bond would drop dramatically due to declining property values, Meier said.
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If the subcommittee determines that the district should move forward with the bond, it then will determine what the bond money, if passed, would go toward. All of the . Meier calls it a "nuts and bolts" bond.
One of the biggest items is the removal of the asbestos in the ceiling of the .
If approved, the bond would extend a current school bond to 2042.
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