SALEM, Ore. ( KOIN ) – In 2023, the Silver Falls School District in Silverton put a bond in front of voters. It failed.
“That bond was going to be used to build a new middle school and do some other really much needed, improvements and upgrades throughout the district,” interim superintendent Kim Kellison told KOIN 6 News. “Roofing, we have several buildings that need roofing improvements, ADA accessibility improvements, windows. So there’s just a lot of deferred maintenance and different upgrades that need to happen for students.”
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Kellison is hopeful House Bill 3360 can get passed this session in the Oregon legislature as she has seen first-hand how districts are left in a tough spot when bonds do not get approved.
“Districts across the state are scrambling to try and, you know, get their budgets adjusted,” she said. “We really don’t have a ton of room in our budget for deferred maintenance and, capital improvements. We are trying to set aside align this year for capital improvements in case we can’t pass a bond. But that’s really difficult.”…