Together We Grow

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• Together We Grow

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TODAYS NEEDS SAFETY SECURITY

• Buildings are easily entered without staff
  knowledge.
• Security cameras.

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TODAYS NEEDS TECHNOLOGY

• High school computers are 8 years old.
• Middle school computers are 8 years old or
  older.
• Need to increase technology access for student
  learning
• Infrastructure Switch and Servers

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TODAYS NEEDS FACILITIES

• Boilers from Sandyview and Blue Star are from the
  1960s.
• Many windows / doors throughout the district are
  energy inefficient.
• Electronic Controls
• Site Work/Parking Lots

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TODAYS NEEDS TARGETED ATHLETICS

• Replace tennis courts
• Make all fields handicap accessible
• Enhance pool locker rooms
• Create a multi-sport concession and restroom
  facility

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TODAYS NEEDS MIDDLE SCHOOL

• Redesign of middle school traffic flow and
  student drop-off and pick-up.
• Replace crumbling asphalt.
• Provide a more safe and secure entrance with new
  fascia updated cafeteria.

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OTHER NEEDS

• Busses
• Acquiring, developing and improving playgrounds,
  athletic fields, facilities and sites

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Board of Education Objectives

• Better meet the learning needs of students.
• Reduce operational costs.
• No millage increase. The millage stays the same
  but is extended.

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Results of a Successful Bond Issue

• Enhance middle school and elementary entrances to
  improve safety
• Upgrade Technology
• Improve Traffic Flow
• Improve Energy Efficiency
• Purchases Buses
• Continued

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• Replace Tennis Courts
• Multi-Sport Concession / Restroom Facility
• Enhance Pool Locker Rooms
• Acquire, Develop and Improve Playgrounds,
  Athletic Fields, Facilities and Sites

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SCHOOL FUNDING REMINDER

• Operations / General Fund Expenditure Examples
• Salaries and benefits
• Extracurricular, such as band athletics
• Utilities

• Bond / Capital Fund Expenditure Examples
• Building renovations
• Facility site work
• Busses
• Energy Improvements

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SUMMARY - THE COST

• 18.49 million dollars
• No millage increase
• Extends current debt levy of 7.0 mills
• Election date is November 3, 2009
• The first technology purchases would begin in
  December
• Site work could begin in the summer of 2010