As we prepare for bringing another school repair bond for your consideration – I’ve already received

the same question from several people.

Q: Why are we being asked to approve yet another bond for school repairs – which includes some

items already approved by voters last April?

A: We will miss the summer construction window due to pending litigation. (estimated cost due

to inflation between 2.5 and 3 million dollars)

Brief History of how we arrived here:

• While continuing to direct normal operations, the Board of Trustees spent an incredible

amount of additional time over the course of years (hundreds of hours) discussing,

researching, listening, and ultimately deciding upon a course of action – approved by voters

in April.

• The cost of doing these partial repairs unsystematically is more expensive in terms of dollars

and time, than doing them as part of the previously approved project. The longer the repairs

are stretched out, the more expensive they will become, and the more learning will be

impacted due to needing to phase the repairs differently than planned for the project. For

an example of those costs, those disruptions to learning, one only has to look back at

impacts of our flood at BRES.

• The amount of life safety, end of system life, and other critical repairs is not shrinking. The

opposite is true. This has been well documented in two separate existing conditions reports

as well as at Trustee meetings. All of this information is available on our website or you may

contact my office if you have any specific questions.

Our students, staff, and community partners are doing amazing things with the resources they have

at their disposal. You will be hearing more about what is happening in our schools soon. You have

much to be proud of.

We appreciate your continued support of our students.