SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Next month, Spokane voters will decide on a $200 million school bond.
If approved, taxpayers can expect to pay around $1.36 per $1000 of assessed property value.
All of this will go toward replacing and modernizing schools district-wide.
Overcrowded classrooms, out-of-date safety designs and a lack of accessibility are just a few reasons that the school district is hoping the bond is approved next month.
“This bond is extremely important,” Greg Forsyth, capital projects director of Spokane Public Schools, said.
The school district says it’s necessary to fill in gaps that state funding doesn’t cover.
“There’s a major building component,” Forsyth said. “There’s an annual capital building component, then there’s also the safety and security and the technology.”
The bond will fund major school district projects like the replacement of its two oldest elementary schools: Adams and Madison.
“Those two schools have been slowly progressing in age and continuing to need upgrades,” Forsyth said.