COMMUNITY MEETINGS
The Banks School District will be hosting one community meeting to provide information and answer questions regarding the 2011 School Bond Measure #34-187
Community Meetings
Where: Banks JR. High Gym
When: April 27th ,2011
Who: Banks School District Patrons
What: 2010 Banks School Bond
Please Join Us!
~ Refreshments Provided
~ Tour of Facilities Available
To Schedule call: 503-324-8591
Register to vote by April 26th 11:59pm online or by mail. Election day is May 17, 2011.
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“SAFE SCHOOLS for OUR STUDENTS”
May 2011 Bond Proposal:
Banks School Board Pro Statement Measure #34-187
We are deeply concerned about the deteriorating and inadequate condition of Banks Junior High and campus facilities.
Our job as school board members is to:
- Make sure the junior high school is safe for students
- Create and maintain efficient facilities
- Provide a safe learning environment for our students
Architectural and engineering reports tell us portions of the junior high are not cost effective to repair and need to be replaced. We also know the classroom section of the junior high school would not withstand a moderate earthquake.
To fix these problems, we need your help. That’s why we voted unanimously to put this bond measure on the ballot. If measure #34-187 is approved, we can:
- Replace existing junior high classrooms, including converting a regular high school classroom to a science lab, to ensure our students can meet graduation requirements set by the State Board of Education
- Upgrade fire alarm and sprinkler systems, repair/replace aging roofs and failing heating and plumbing systems, improve building and campus lighting, as well as repair/replace impervious surfaces, i.e., asphalt, concrete
- Provide emergency vehicle access to the elementary school
- Replace/construct outdoor restroom and storage facilities
The School Board believes the current lower costs for construction provide an opportunity to replace outdated buildings and facilities at the most reasonable, responsible cost to taxpayers.
Funds from this measure will be used entirely to replace/upgrade the junior high and maintain our school district facilities and to make sure all schools are safe for our children.
Help make our schools safe for students. Vote YES for a SAFE junior high school and a safe learning environment for all our students!
Banks School Board members:
Kathy Edison, Chair
Will Moore, Vice Chair
Norie Dimeo-Ediger
Laurie Sheridan Schlegel
Richard Bowden
This information furnished and paid for personally by the Banks School Board members.
This bond measure is proposed to finance the following priorities of the District:
- Increase school safety
- Renovate, upgrade and maintain existing school district facilities
- Replace aging Junior High School facilities
Increase School safety
- Upgrade fire alarm and sprinkler systems to meet current safety standards
- Make improvements to campus site lighting
- Create emergency access road to elementary school
- Replace gymnasium bleachers at high school
Renovate, upgrade and maintain existing school facilities
- Repair/replace aging roofs campus wide
- Repair/replace failing heating systems
- Convert one regular classroom to create an additional science classroom to meet increased state education standards
- Replace/construct outdoor restroom and storage facilities
- Complete deferred district wide school maintenance projects, for example:
Repair/replace nonfunctioning and failing plumbing and fixtures
Repair/replace impervious surfaces, i.e., asphalt, concrete
Replace aging Junior High School facilities (construct on current site)
- Replace 9 existing general classrooms with 10 classrooms (2 of the 9 existing classrooms are currently housed in the Jr. High portables)
- Replace administrative/staff areas, library and restrooms
- Add classrooms designed specifically for science, computer technology and special education
- Renovate and enlarge boys and girls locker rooms
- Provide for demolition costs and cost of temporary classrooms
Bond proceeds can only be used for the projects listed on this ballot. The bond issue’s principal amount cannot exceed $10.5 million.
For the first 6 years of this bond, yearly property tax increase is estimated not to exceed $.54 per $1000 assessed value. Thus, your total bond amount until 2017, for current Elementary Bond, with this bond is expected to not exceed $2.57 per $1000 of assessed value or approximately $257.00 per year for each $100,000 of assessed property value.
Once the Elementary Bond is paid in 2017, the total yearly property tax is expected to drop and estimated not to exceed $1.72 per $1000 assessed value, or approximately $172 per year for each $100,000 of assessed property value, over the life of this bond. The amounts may vary depending on interest rates, assessed value growth and other factors.
If the bond measure is approved, the District would establish a citizen oversight committee to ensure bond funds are used as indicated.
Why vote ‘YES’ on this bond?
• So we will have “Safe Schools for Our Students”
• To improve efficiency in our school facilities.
• So we can provide an up-to-date learning environment that meets educational and graduation requirements.
• So we will have:
“SAFE, EFFICIENT SCHOOLS THAT WILL MEET
THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS”!
Bond Measure #34-187