Have you heard about the bond to help the schools? Almost everyone has heard about it. Many people have been promoting the bond to help the schools, whether it be social media posts, letters in the mail, and posters. The bond wants to renovate and remodel the schools. All of the schools vary on age and how much they need remodeling. For example, the high school needs a lot of renovating, but the middle school only needs a few things done.
Voting took place on September 13th, 2022. The bond passed leading 2%. People knew late that night that the bond got passed, but they had to wait for the next day for clarification. So whats going to happen now? They are going to start with rebuilding the intermediate school, but that probably won’t start until summer of 2023. This renovation won’t get done in one summer; it could take almost 5-10 years to get finished.
Some examples of whats going to happen to the schools are: accessible playgrounds for elementary and intermediate, middle school gym air conditioned, new auditorium, secure entrances and more. All this stuff doesn’t come for free. Costs for this will be about 22.9 million dollars. It will increase peoples taxes in the harlan area, especially for farmers who own lots of land.
Pros- There are so many good things that could come from this bond. A good learning environment could help these future students do a lot better. The schools will be safer with the new entrances.
Cons- These renovations won’t be done or even started when we are out of high school. Taxes will be increased to harlan area. Farmers will get taxed a lot more due to more land they own.
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What do you think about the bond getting passed?
If you were old enough to vote, what would you vote and why?
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Although property taxes were raised in the district, I think that the bond passing is a very good thing because it will improve everything. If I were old enough to vote I would vote yes in a heartbeat because it would improve the overall expirience of going to the HCSD.
I see how you feel about the bond. I don't want my future children to have to deal with a crappy school like I had to. It would improve everything we would think about school. My teacher always talks about how the new bond will make his classroom alot better and I feel happy for him.
I personally belive that the bond is a good idea. I think that it's a great start to a new generation and to help future ones too but the bad part about it is that we wont be able to see it by the time we are done but other than that and the taxes unforutanly I think its a good start.
I do think that this is a good idea for the school. I really wish they would have passed the bond a long time ago to then we could experence how nice the school will be. My brother is in 5th grade and I hope the school is alot nicer than it is now when he gets to highschool.
I think that this bond is a good thing for the school but not for people. Since it will increase taxes that does become an issue for anyone living with in the area. If I was old enough to vote I am not sure if I would vote or against the bond.
I strongly agree! I feel like its not fair for farmers to be taxed way more just for the school. I'm not sure if I would have voted either, this bond has lots of pros and cons and I would just let my peers make the choice.
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