Bond Issue Election

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Bond Issue Election
No tax levy increasewill be necessaryto
maintain andimprove our facilities.
Date Tuesday April 6, 2004
Amount 22,500,000
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2000-2006 Long-range Plan for Facilities
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2000-2006 Long-range Plan for Facilities

• Identified130 millionin improvements and
  maintenance needed

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Conducted a Financial Review

• Refinanced savings benefit debt, resulting in a
  2 million savings
• Determined capacity for bonded indebtedness
  87.6 million
• Committed to no tax rate increase
• Determined we can continue the implementation of
  our long-range plan to the amount of 22.5 million

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Reviewed our Long-range Plan

• Reconvened the Facilities Plan Task Force
• Conducted a facility/site survey
• Identified and prioritized needs

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2000-2006 Long-range Plan for Facilities
2002 Bond Issue23,800,000
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Bond Issues and Operating Tax Levies What Is the
Difference?

• Operating tax levies provide funds to be used to
  pay regular operating expenses of the school
  district
• Salaries/benefits
• Educational supplies and materials
• General maintenance and upkeep of facilities
• Utility costs
• Bond issues provide funds for
• New construction
• Renovation of existing facilities
• Furniture and equipment
• Cannot be used to pay salaries or operating
  expenses

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Facilities and Infrastructure

• School buildings 30
• Support facilities 6
• Square feet of building space 2,588,802
• Acres maintained 524
• Acres of green space 400
• Square feet of roof space 1,660,000

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Age of Existing Columbia Public Schools Buildings

• 93 years old Grant, Jefferson Junior
• 87 years old Douglass, Field
• 80 years old Ridgeway
• 77 years old Hickman, Benton
• 69 years old Lee
• 53 years old West Boulevard

Half of our 30 K-12 schools are 40 years old or
older. Only 4 of our schools are 10 years old or
newer.
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2004 Bond Issue Proposal
Specialized space(new construction) Renovations
and maintenance Equipment and furniture Curricular
support Total
6,957,200 7,325,055 6,799,745
1,418,000 22,500,000
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Specialized Space(New Construction)

• Columbia Area Career Center
• Laboratories and classrooms
• Mill Creek Elementary School
• 8 classrooms
• Building Services
• Storage building
• Land acquisition
• Total

4,000,000 1,507,200 250,000
1,200,000 6,957,200
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Career Center Enrollment
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Renovations and Maintenance

• Hickman High School
• Rock Bridge High School
• Blue Ridge Elementary School
• West Blvd. Elementary School
• HVAC upgrades
• Roof repair/replacement
• Other renovations
• Total

667,300 691,000 549,000 275,800 750,000 1,123,855
3,268,100 7,325,055
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Renovations and Maintenance

• Hickman High School
• Site drainage
• Resurface parking lot
• Carpet band room
• Replace east and north exits
• Exhaust hoodsjewelry
• North entrance walk
• Renovate lower east restrooms
• Replace Little Theatre seats

667,300
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Renovations and Maintenance

• Rock Bridge High School
• Renovate 12 restrooms
• Cafeteria/planetarium upgrades
• Pave northwest parking lot
• Replace north bleachers

691,000
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Renovations and Maintenance

• Blue Ridge Elementary School
• Tuckpointing
• Renovate 6 restrooms
• Replace ceilings in corridors

549,000
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Renovations and Maintenance

• West Blvd. Elementary School
• Foundation work
• Replace windows
• Gym ceiling and lights
• Hallway ceiling and lights

275,800
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Renovations and Maintenance

• HVAC upgrades
• Hickman, Rock Bridge High, Oakland, West Jr.,
  Gentry, Lange, Derby Ridge, Mill Creek
• Roof repair/replacement
• Rock Bridge High, Jefferson Jr., Gentry, Lange,
  Benton, Blue Ridge, Derby Ridge, Fairview, Midway
  Heights, New Haven, Parkade, Russell, Two Mile
  Prairie, West Blvd.
• Other renovations
• Window replacement, parking improvements,
  classroom carpeting and tile work, restroom
  renovation, playground repaving, electrical
  upgrades, tuckpointing

750,000 1,123,855 3,268,100

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Equipment and Furniture

• Instructional and Information Technology Services
• Student and teacher computers, Internet wiring
  and other connections, software upgrades,
  computer storage equipment
• Building Services
• Replacement trucks, tractors, and mowers
• Other Equipment
• Digital security system (all schools) fire alarm
  upgrades (Jefferson Jr., West Jr., Benton, Blue
  Ridge, Cedar Ridge, Fairview, Field, Lee, Midway
  Heights, Mill Creek, New Haven, Parkade, Rock
  Bridge Elementary, Shepard Blvd., Two Mile
  Prairie, West Blvd.) furniture and furnace
• Total

4,678,672 300,000 1,821,0736,799,745

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Curricular Support

• Columbia Area Career Center
• Enhancement grants equipment match 75 state,
  25 local renovation and curricular match,50
  each
• General support
• Grant match, replacement furniture and equipment,
  student activity uniforms, specialized academic
  equipment (i.e., music instruments and equipment,
  industrial technology, science, FACS)
• Total

500,000 918,000 1,418,000

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Voter RegistrationGuidelines

• Deadline March 10, 2004(fourth Wednesday before
  election)
• Where to register
• Voter Registration Divisionof the Boone County
  ClerksOffice, 801 E. Walnut,Room 236 (800
  a.m. to500 p.m., Monday-Friday)
• Registration cardsPTA will coordinate

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Voting Absentee

• May cast absentee ballots through Monday, April
  5, at the County Government Center,801 E. Walnut
• By mail, must request ballot by Wednesday,March
  31
• Voter registration office hoursfor absentee
  voting
• Monday through Friday,800 a.m. to 500 p.m.
• Saturday, April 3,900 a.m. to 100 p.m.

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Bond Issue Election
No tax levy increasewill be necessaryto
maintain andimprove our facilities.
Date Tuesday April 6, 2004
Amount 22,500,000