Carlisle Schools takes first step toward $49M bond issue

The Carlisle Board of Education will soon take the first step to placing an estimated $49 million bond issue on the May ballot to construct a new K-12 building.

As part of its regular meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 23, the board will vote on a resolution, which will be sent to the Warren County Auditor’s Office for review and certification, according to Superintendent Larry Hook.

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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