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2025 CAPITAL BOND PROJECT

The Board of Education voted on January 13, 2025 to authorize placing a Whiteford Agricultural Schools Capital Bond Millage proposals on the May 6, 2025 ballot with a focus on projects based upon the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan. The vote follows a pre-bond planning effort, which included the collection of data and information during the creation of the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, in-person stakeholder meetings in the fall and winter of 2023, a Bond project Steering Committee Meeting held in January 2024 that included students, staff, coaches, parents and community members, and community and staff surveys following the failed attempt on August 6, 2024.

Board Resolution
Bond Proposal Financial Summary FAQs (Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors)
Bond Campaign - Community Survey Results
Bond Millage Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Bond Election Informational Flyer

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WHITEFORD AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL CAPITAL BOND MILLAGE PROPOSAL INCLUDE:

  • Zero Net Increase Estimated from the Current Levy - Maintain Current 4.93 Mills
  • Proposal 1 - $6.5 Million
  • Proposal 2 - $1 Million

PROPOSAL 1

MAJOR PROPOSED PROJECTS INCLUDE:

  • Elementary - Classrooms (5)
  • Elementary - Single Stall Bathrooms (3)
  • Elementary - Flex Space/Bathroom/Storage
  • Elementary - Roof Replacement
  • Elementary - Roof Top Air Handler Replacement
    • Elementary Upgrades $6.5 Million

PROPOSAL 2

MAJOR PROPOSED PROJECTS INCLUDE:

  • Varsity Softball Field - Backstop, Dugouts, Bleachers, Press Box, Concrete Walks
  • Varsity Baseball Field - Backstop, Dugouts, Bleachers, Press Box, Concrete Walks, Foul Poles, Outfield Drainage 
  • Miscellaneous Site - Asphalt Drive, Seeding, Demo
    • Athletic Upgrades $1 Million


The following chart below was prepared by Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors. If one or both proposals pass, it is a bond millage extension, as it is truly extending the current millage rate out further as illustrated below.


The following document below was supplied by Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors. This shows the tax difference in the proposed millage rate of 1.59 and the remaining millage of 3.34. This shows that for a market value home of $100,000 the monthly difference would be about $6.63. Each property owner’s circumstances would be different, but this is a good baseline assumption. Note: If both Proposals pass, the millage rate is anticipated to be a Zero Net Mill Increase, and it would stay at 4.93.