in vote next tuesday
Tonkawa Public School patrons will go to the polls tuesday, Sept. 10, to decide the fate of a $925,000 school bond issue.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. next Tuesday at the Church of Christ and the First United Methodist Fellowship Hall.
Superintendent Lori Simpson said the bond issue is needed for two purposes, as follows:
(1) To construct three classrooms and student restrooms to accommodate the increase in enrollment from 394 students in 2014 to 459 students in 2019 at the grade school. The addition would be to the north end of the grade school.
(2) To upgrade security district-wide, by purchasing and installing new equipment to include, but not be limited to cameras at secure entries to all school facilities.
Simpson said the tax increase would be minimal, about 2.25%. For someone paying $600 a year in taxes, the monthly increase would be $1.12.
The district’s net assessed valuation has grown 15.38% the past five years from $25,868,941 in 2015 to $39,371,932 in 2019.
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