School bonds

Four years after passing a $182 million school bond measure, Escondido Unified School District is considering asking voters for an additional $150 million.

Olympia School District and Yelm Community Schools both have measures on the Feb. 13 ballot.

School districts shouldn't be able to keep going back to voters after a bond or levy measure fails at the polls, Rep. Heather Scott told a House committee on Thursday.

The Ardmore City Schools board of education voted to hold a special election for a bond issue to fund several construction projects.

The second time was the charm for the Wessington Springs School Board.

Northeastern Local Schools will go back on the ballot May 8 to ask voters to approve new buildings that will cost more than $117 million.

The full hearing for the validation $34 million school bond issue has been moved to Feb. 15, after a quick initial hearing Monday morning.

A survey revealed voters had concerns about the district's debt, the impact on property taxes and a lack of information and transparency.

It only took a few seconds for members of the Pauls Valley Board of Education to give their official blessing earlier this week to setting a spring date for the next local school bond election.

The city's bond lawyer was not at the meeting and the board wasn't given a fiscal note saying how much the borrowing would actually cost.

Evergreen Public Schools officials cited aging facilities and a growing population among the chief concerns driving this year's school facilities funding measure.

A polling consultant informed the Vallejo school board on Wednesday that the district is in a unique position after survey results revealed residents support a possible school bond but they don't trust the district.

A bill was filed to put Ball State University in charge of the Muncie school district.

Walla Walla Public Schools' Community Task Force has again launched an online survey to gather public opinion of the two school bond options.

The process of collecting signatures on a petition in favor of building a new Ames High School, and expanding three district elementary schools, appears to be in good shape.

New partners Katie Dobson and Julie Wunderlich have both developed an expertise in school financing.

Two former Texas school finance administrators, Oscar Cardenas and Steve Murray, joined Baird's public finance team.

Mike Kuhle is publicly supporting the upcoming District 518 bond referendum, but he's quick to point out that he's doing so as an individual and not speaking for the city.

Voters are being asked to approve construction bonds that would create a new high school in the Central Valley School District and provide more classrooms to keep up with growth north of Spokane in Mead.

As soon as April, residents of the Central Lee School District may decide on whether to pass a general obligation bond issue of $9.8 million to pay for facility renovations.