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Print"Shall The School District of Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $120,000,000 for the purpose of completing, without limitation, constructing a new high school; acquiring and developing sites for and constructing a new elementary school; for constructing, improving, extending, repairing, remodeling, renovating, furnishing and equipping new and existing school facilities; making roofing, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and general improvements in numerous buildings; acquiring technology for the District; and constructing and equipping new gymnasiums at existing high schools.
- A $120 million Columbia Public Schools bond issue will go to the voters April 6. The School Board has proposed a $138 million plan for new construction, renovations and technology improvements. The plan includes $18 million from the 2007 bond issue.
- The school bond issue on the April 6 ballot will be the largest dollar amount in Columbia Public Schools’ history. The $120 million bond issue is part of a two-phase approach; voters approved a $60 million bond issue in 2007. The last bond issue that failed to pass was in 1959.
"If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the school district is estimated to remain unchanged from the current debt service levy of $0.8019 per $100 of assessed valuation of real and personal property."
Construction
- New 1,800-student high school, including the
necessary technology, furniture and athletic fields. $75 million (includes $18 million from bond issue approved in 2007)
- Additional gyms/physical education space at Hickman and Rock Bridge high schools. $7.5 million
- New elementary school. $15 million
- Total cost: $97.5 million
Building improvements
- Roofing, window replacement, mortar repairs and interior renovations (ceilings, flooring, electrical, plumbing and heating) at 17 schools
- Roofing: Cedar Ridge, Field, Gentry, Lee, Mill Creek, New Haven, Shepard Boulevard, Two Mile Prairie and West Boulevard elementary schools; Douglass, Hickman and Rock Bridge high schools; Lange Middle School
- Cost: $10 million
Air conditioning
- Air condition schools still without air conditioning and replace boilers at 10 buildings
- Air conditioning: Field, Ridgeway, Rock Bridge, Lee, Midway Heights, New Haven and Two Mile Prairie elementary schools; West and Jefferson junior high schools
- Boilers: Rock Bridge Elementary; West and Oakland junior high schools
- Cost: $14.8 million
Technology
- Computers for classrooms and labs; network infrastructure improvements at 21 schools
- Cost: $7.5 million
Interest and fees
- Costs associated with bond funding, including $1.2 million in bond insurance and a contingency fund of $7 million for interest during construction (if assessed valuation remains flat or become negative)
- Cost: $8.2 million
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