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Find out why the D50 building referendum is a

Practical,

·        Building a K-3 school will positively impact all school buildings in the district.

·        Consolidating the lower grades into one building is a more cost effective and efficient way to deliver quality education.

·        Since grades are merely shifting, minimal new staff will need to be added.  For example, teachers and Administrators will move as grade levels move.

·        The proposed new building calls for a modest, no-frills, solidly constructed school building that will house Kindergarten through 3^rd grade students.

Affordable,

·        22 acres of land is being donated to the school by the Evelyn Hereley Trust.  It is flat land that will need very little excavation work to prepare a building site.  Land donation is contingent on the successful passage of a referendum in 11/08 or 4/09.

·        The District chose to go with a prototype to help reduce costs and construction problems.

·        The cost for the new building is $20,701,244, which includes everything necessary to open the doors!  Including design and construction; engineering and architectural fees; legal and bonding fees; site improvements; roads; turn lanes; paved parking lot; detention pond; furniture; fixtures and equipment; playground equipment; and security devices.

·        The impact to an owner of a $200,000 market valued home will be $7.71 a month, for a yearly cost of $92.50.

Solution to a

GROWing need.

·        Kindergarten enrollment increased by 25% for the 2007-2008 school year. 

·        In July 2008, 3 mobile classrooms were removed after 38 years, because they were not approved for another year due to life safety issues. 

·        Removing the 3 mobile classrooms reduces Washington School to only 7 classrooms for all Early Childhood Education (ECE), Pre-K and Kindergarten.

·        Cafeterias and gyms in every building are entirely too small for the number of students in the building.

·        Every space in every building is being actively used, many areas doing double duty: stages as libraries, locker rooms as offices and classrooms, etc.

·         The last time a new school was built in Harvard was 1962.

Nov. 4, 2008

 Vote YES!

For the new elementary (K-3) building

referendum!  It’s an affordable upgrade to the Harvard Community!

Have questions?

Visit our website at www.ccfk.org

A new school for less than $100 a year for the average home owner in Harvard!*

*The 2005 median home value in Harvard is $163,100 (according to City-data.com).  The impact to an owner of an $180,000 market valued home will be $6.88 a month for a yearly cost of $82.50.

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