To support improving academic performance and offer our students advanced and college level courses, our schools need up-to-date facilities and equipment. Last spring the voters approved a $6.3 million EXCEL project which the district can expand with an additional $23 million in building aid at virtually no cost to the tax payer. If approved by the voters, this building aid will be used to renovate additional classrooms, music rooms, and restrooms in our schools; purchase and install smart boards, LCD projectors and computers; upgrade ventilation systems; and add air conditioning to auditoriums, some offices, and computer rooms; and much more.

The EXCEL money is coming from two sources. The EXCEL AID is providing the district with $1.49 million dollars which can be used as the district’s share for a capital improvement project. Because our aid ratio is 95%, that $1.49 million generates $28 million in state building aid to the district. Since the voters already approved $6.3 million for EXCEL Phase I, we can expand this project if the voters approve an additional $23 million in EXCEL Phase II. The only cost to the tax payers is the interest on the bond that will be paid off over 15 years as the state aid is paid out to the district.