After the county auditor certifies the millage amount needed for the bond issue, the board will then take the second step of the process and adopt a resolution to proceed at a separate special meeting to be scheduled.
Hook said the state would pay for 59 percent of the costs to construct the new K-12 building, while the local community would bear the remaining 41 percent of the building cost, which includes a 500-seat auditorium.
“We’re trying to be as tight and conservative with the possible costs,” he said. “We feel very comfortable about this.”
The district tried unsuccessfully to pass a bond issue for a new facility about five years ago.
Hook said there would be community meetings and forums to discuss the project and to get community feedback.
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